Trump Admin Announces End of Federal Funding for Arctic Report Card

The Trump administration said this week it’s terminating federal funding for the Arctic Report Card, the flagship report on how the climate crisis is transforming Earth’s northern latitudes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had issued the report annually for the past 20 years, documenting how human activity is causing the Arctic to warm faster than any other region. In response, former NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad blasted the Trump administration for “imposing ignorance on the system.” Dartmouth College professor and polar researcher Melody Brown Burkins told The Washington Post, “It’s like not allowing your primary care doctor to tell you how you’re doing. Taking away the checkup doesn’t stop the changes from happening.” www.democracynow.org