More Than 800 Scientists and Energy Experts Urge Donald Trump to Take Climate Change Seriously

The scientific community was more involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election than perhaps any other election in the past.  This was likely due to the fact that Donald Trump, the Republican nominee who won the election, is an admitted climate change denier.  And given the unprecedented rate at which the planet is warming, scientists decided to play an active role in the election.

In September, 375 scientists urged U.S. citizens to vote against Trump because of his refusal to accept science.  In late November, more than 2,300 scientists warned Trump that they would fight any efforts by his administration to deny climate change or to expand fossil fuel production.

And now this week more than 800 scientists and energy experts have signed onto yet another open letter to President-elect Trump, urging him not only to accept the scientific consensus on manmade climate change, but also to take the necessary steps to fight its impacts.

The letter, published online at Scientific American on December 6, lays out six steps that the incoming president must take in order for America to be a true world leader on the issue of climate change.

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