Comments on: Trump administration tightens rules for federal scientists talking to reporters https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/06/21/trump-administration-tightens-rules-for-federal-scientists-talking-to-reporters/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: podrock https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/06/21/trump-administration-tightens-rules-for-federal-scientists-talking-to-reporters/#comment-41651 podrock Sat, 30 Jun 2018 00:13:55 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=71530#comment-41651 The USGS was created to collect data, analyze it, and share it with the public. It is about as pure science as it gets. But it has always, from the very start, been a punching bag when it comes to funding. This administration is afraid of science. All science, no exceptions, and they will continue to muzzle, muddle, meddle every chance they get, until they "plunge the land into a second darkness." (Apologies for the late reply, I've been out of the office, out of the state, out of the country, for the last several weeks. Still trying to figure out where the hell I am.) The USGS was created to collect data, analyze it, and share it with the public. It is about as pure science as it gets. But it has always, from the very start, been a punching bag when it comes to funding. This administration is afraid of science. All science, no exceptions, and they will continue to muzzle, muddle, meddle every chance they get, until they “plunge the land into a second darkness.”

(Apologies for the late reply, I’ve been out of the office, out of the state, out of the country, for the last several weeks. Still trying to figure out where the hell I am.)

]]> By: hank https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/06/21/trump-administration-tightens-rules-for-federal-scientists-talking-to-reporters/#comment-41642 hank Sat, 23 Jun 2018 16:52:26 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=71530#comment-41642 Maybe its because geologists insist the earth is not flat. Maybe its because geologists insist the earth is not flat.

]]> By: ER https://www.habitablezone.com/2018/06/21/trump-administration-tightens-rules-for-federal-scientists-talking-to-reporters/#comment-41641 ER Sat, 23 Jun 2018 03:37:10 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=71530#comment-41641 USGS isn't like BLM, NASA or NOAA or some other Interior agency that can leak out information conflicting with Trumpy environmental policies. I wonder what they're into that could be considered "controversial". Mining, land use, mineral rights on public lands? USGS isn’t like BLM, NASA or NOAA or some other Interior agency that can leak out information conflicting with Trumpy environmental policies. I wonder what they’re into that could be considered “controversial”. Mining, land use, mineral rights on public lands?

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