In that context, Ho is sympathetic to the reasons climate scientists may not want to mention climate change, and to focus on something like air pollution instead. “It’s a safe thing to mention because it has nothing to do with climate change,” he says. “Air pollution is not one of the key words.”
“There’s a lot of uncertainty, there’s a lot of fear,” Ho adds. “And it shouldn’t be this way. Studying environmental sciences is about studying our life support system.”
I can’t hate on NOAA scientists (or CDC scientists) but the situation is intolerable, and they’re in a really bad place. How do they keep those institutions going and also pick a fight with the deranged billionaires that can’t wait to fire and sue them?