Not even half a year has there been a new tenant in the White House, a new president of blonde toupee named Donald Trump. This man sits in the oval office of the White House and judging by the things he has turned upside down, it would seem like forever ago.
In about 130 days of mandate as head of the United States executive, he has put an end to the sanitary reform of the United States, has dismantled much of his country's trade alliances across the Pacific and Atlantic and has broken the diplomatic relations with countries like Mexico, among others.
But where President Trump seems to have focused the most effort is on everything related to environmental issues.
It has removed from the official websites any reference to the greatest environmental problem facing humanity today: Climate change and has even put in command of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a denier of the same, Scott Pruitt, who has had no problem in declaring that he is going to "go back to basics and provide states with tools to be able to create employment ”. Which would not be strange if his position were secretary of employment, but it would be for him. most responsible for protecting the environment of the world's leading power.
If for him the priority of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) it is creating jobs and not caring for the environment ... who is going to legislate and protect the environment? Wall Street? The army?.
EPA
As if it were a joke in bad taste, when you browse the EPA home page you do not find any reference to the fight against climate change. But if one goes further and insists a little, on the Science and Technology sectionFind a heading called "The Science of Climate Change." When clicking on this link, an error screen appears with the text: "We are currently updating our website to reflect EPA's priorities under the leadership of President Trump and Administrator Pruitt.".
It can be said that, in front of the previous version of this website, where its main focus was on the fight against climate change so that the US could, among other things, be prepared to adapt to the impacts of said environmental problem, the new administrator has preferred eliminate any reference to the topic.
Anyway, 100 days after deleting said content the error message is still there. One imagines that they are trying to find someone to write an alternative content that looks like a pseucientist. We could venture to speculate what type of content could replace information about the climate change. Perhaps they argue that the earth is the center of the universe and the sun revolves around it, or that it is flat, or that the evolution of species is a invented chinese tale for an old-fashioned English ...
Worst of all, the workers of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are magnificent and reputable professionals. They are serious, well-prepared people who based their opinions and recommendations on science.
I can't imagine how they feel, having to give up what they know in favor of what they are told to say. I see them turning their backs on everything that science has taught them to risk of losing their jobs (Ask the former director of the CIA), and the source of the income with which they feed their children. Under the dictates of an administration of Mr. Trump, they find themselves doomed to betray their principles, their ideas and even the science in which they believe.
It is not the first time in history, and unfortunately the last, in which the fanaticisms have tried to eliminate to reason using force and authority. It is actually almost a "loop" that repeats itself from time to time.
But if something has taught history is that in the end the logic of reason ends up prevailing just as Newton's apple ends up hitting the ground and the truth prevails. One can only hope that when that happens it is not too late.
