What does Trump’s first week matters to climate, science, health and technology

In the first week of his second term, US President Donald Trump has put the country’s scientific system in anarchy, as well as anointed a new technical elite. With a shower of executive orders, he has put America on a path that will derail climate goals, biomedical research and preparation for epidemic.

On 20 January, on the first day of his presidential post, Trump announced the “National Emergency Emergency” and proposed to expand fossil fuel production on the federal land, including a controversial step to open Alaska’s Arctic National. ..