2,000+ Scientists Urge Trump To Respect 'Scientific Integrity'

"Call it the opening shot in a brewing war over scientific integrity in the future Trump administration.

More than 2,300 scientists, including 22 Nobel Prize winners, have issued an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump and the 115th Congress, urging them to 'adhere to high standards of scientific integrity and independence in responding to current and emerging public health and environmental health threats.'

The letter underscores the extent to which many scientists, who have worked with the Obama administration to address climate change, pandemics and other major policy issues, are worried about whether Trump and his deputies will slash science funding and overhaul the way several federal agencies operate. While it does not directly refer to President George W. Bush’s eight years in office, many of the signatories spent years fighting the curbs imposed on federal scientists during that time."

Juliet Eilperin and Chris Mooney report for the Washington Post November 30, 2016.