Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Boston on Sunday to protest President Donald Trump’s attempts to discredit science and climate research, as well as his attacks on scientific institutions in the government, the Boston Globe reported.
The rally coincided with the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which attracted thousands of scientists to Boston.
National History Museum Director Beka Economopoulos, one of the organizers of the demonstration, told the crowd that “This is about freedom of inquiry. From the muzzling of scientists and government agencies, to the immigration ban, the deletion of scientific data, and the defunding of public science, the erosion of our institutions of science is a dangerous direction for our country.
"Real people and communities bear the brunt of these actions.”
Trump and other officials in his administration have been skeptical about climate change, and the president has vowed to cancel many of President Barack Obama's major environmental regulations, The Hill reports.
Trump has also doubted as well the efficacy of vaccines.
ClimateTruth.org campaign director Emily Southard, another of the rally’s organizers, said Trump has started to take concrete steps to carry out his threats against science, including the appointment to head the Environment Protection Agency of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who has cast doubt on global warming and sued the EPA 14 times.
Protestor Glenn McDonald told The Boston Globe that he came to the demonstration to stand up for facts, fearing “that the government will be a force for ignorance.”
Another demonstrator, Yvette Arellano, said that “For so long, science has been silent, but today science is not silent. Our entire survival depends on you.”
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