National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration – The New York Times

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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration – The New York Times

The Trump administration has dismissed the hundreds of scientists and experts who had been compiling the federal government’s flagship report on how global warming is affecting the country.

The move puts the future of the report, which is required by Congress and is known as the National Climate Assessment, into serious jeopardy, experts said.

Since 2000, the federal government has published a comprehensive look every few years at how rising temperatures will affect human health, agriculture, fisheries, water supplies, transportation, energy production and other aspects of the U.S. economy. The last climate assessment came out in 2023 and is used by state and local governments as well as private companies to help prepare for the effects of heat waves, floods, droughts and other climate-related calamities.

Traffic Light 🚦 Caution ⚠ Flashers

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They aren't as common as traditional traffic lights but can be found on rural highways across the state. A total of 467 blinking lights exist across the state.

Out for a walk in the Sacandaga Campground

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Yuck is my first reaction. Definitely not a wilderness experience with all those campsites pushed right up and against each other. Much rather spend time in the wilderness where the nearest other person is a quarter or even half mile or further away.

Campground camping reminds me a lot of being in a crowded apartment building downtown. Yes, I get you have to live in the city to make a good income. But when I’m away from the city the last thing I really want to be is camping around other people. I want my space. I want to have fires, burn whatever, listen to music, shoot guns and do what I want.

Campgrounds remind me a lot of the houses I see advertised. I don’t want neighbors, I really don’t care about those fancy features and urban conveniences. Supposedly Forest Preserve intensive use areas are rustic but it sure doesn’t feel that way with so many people crowded around. When I own land, I want to own acerage and do what I want it and not be so crowded that people get bent out of shape over a bit of smoke.

That said, it’s kind of peaceful and nice at the Sacandaga River Campground this time of year when it’s gated and no one else is around. It’s neat to be the tip of the West Branch and Main Branch of the Scandaga River but I can’t imagine camping here in the summer months when there is hundreds if not thousands of people around.