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U.S. EPA Updates Web Sites

posted by martyb on Sunday April 30 2017, @03:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-can-find-no-longer-find-data-against-our-plans dept.

butthurt writes:

You were warned. Now it begins: The Chicago Tribune reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working on changes to its Web properties:

The EPA's extensive climate change website now redirects to a page that says "this page is being updated" and that "we are currently updating our website to reflect EPA's priorities under the leadership of President Trump and Administrator Pruitt." It also links to a full archive of how the page used to look on Jan. 19, before Trump's inauguration.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 30 2017, @11:28PM (#502043)

    First of all, consider how you get a PhD. You have to toe the line. Your work gets reviewed by people already in the field, with a bias toward not showing their own ideas to be wrong.

    Second of all, consider funding. In all fields, "The sky is falling, and we need to study this more!" is how you get funding. Try with "There is nothing serious." or "Previous research already figured things out." and see how much you get funded.

    Third of all, consider the mindset needed to devote your life to an impractical profession that offers low pay, probably futile struggle for position (tenure), and lots of liberal/office politics. This is something only a liberal could love. It's like joining the Peace Corps or running off to Hollywood in search of stardom. Liberals dominate both ends of the education spectrum. Conservatives, with their practical mindset, tend to get a bachelor's or master's degree in something like economics or engineering. They then get married, buy a house, and pop out kids. Being a PhD (or a high school drop-out) almost requires a liberal mindset.

    Fourth of all, consider the hiring and tenure process. (a typical motivation for getting the PhD) Faculty are openly biased against conservatives. Why bother with the PhD if the deck is stacked against you?