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After Trump killed a report on nature,
researchers push ahead with release
Feb 11
The first-ever National Nature
Assessment—which was based on
significant public feedback and
strove to reveal how nature loss
influences climate change and
impacts humanity—may still see
the light of day after the Trump
administration abruptly ended
the ambitious project.
Researchers involved told The
New York Times that the nature
report was "too important to die"
and that an "amazingly broad
consensus" remains among its
mostly volunteer authors, so the
expansive report must be completed
and released to the public.
The first draft of the report was
due on Tuesday, so the bulk of the
initial work appears mostly done.
Although the webpage for the
project has been deleted, an
archived version shows that
researchers had expected to spend
the rest of 2025 seeking external
review and edits before releasing
the final report in late 2026.
Former President Joe Biden called
for the nature report in 2022,
posting in the federal register
that "existing reports and
assessments provide partial views
of changes in nature and how they
affect the nation, but the United
States lacks comprehensive
knowledge on these major aspects
of global change." >https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/after-trump-killed-a-report-
on
-nature-researchers-push-ahead-with-release/
Trump's advisors say the scientists who defy Trump should be rounded up
and shot with some being deported to Gitmo.
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