The president-elect signed a suite of executive orders last week
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In the first week of his second term, US President Donald Trump threw the country's scientific apparatus into chaos, but at the same time anointed new technology. With the speed of his executive orders, he is setting the United States on a path to derailing climate goals, biomedical research, and pandemic preparedness.
On January 20, the first day of his presidency, Trump declared a “national energy emergency” and proposed expanding fossil fuel production on federal lands, including a controversial move to Alaska's Arctic nation…
Source: www.newscientist.com
