Science needs a new politics say worldwide protests

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Image: Science protesters at Martin Place, Sydney by Tom Allinson

US President Trump doesn’t believe in climate change, and wants to remove the requirement that drugs must prove they are effective. And, he has appointed a climate skeptic as head of the EPA.

This weekend scientists across the world marched to show they’re not going to put up with it.

What they’re demanding is a new politics, with scientists unbound by profit and at the heart of the decision making process.

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