Macron awards US scientists grants to move to France in defiance of Trump

[Trish]

Eighteen climate scientists from the US and elsewhere have hit the jackpot as France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, awarded them millions of euros in grants to relocate to France for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidential term.The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants – a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan – are part of Macron’s efforts to counter Trump on the climate change front. Macron announced a contest for the projects in June, hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord.

More than 5,000 people from about 100 countries expressed interest in the grants. Most of the applicants – and 13 of the 18 winners – were US-based researchers.Macron’s appeal “gave me such a psychological boost, to have that kind of support, to have the head of state saying I value what you do”, said winner Camille Parmesan, of the University of Texas at Austin. She will be working at an experimental ecology station in the Pyrenees on how human-made climate change is affecting wildlife.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Parmesan described funding challenges for climate science in the US and a feeling that “you are having to hide what you do”.Trump has expressed skepticism about global warming and said the Paris accord would hurt US business by requiring a reduction in climate-damaging emissions.“We will be there to replace” US financing of climate research, Macron told the winners in Paris on Monday.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...iance-of-trump

[Peter1469]

That is what global warming is all about. More money.

[Trish]

That is what global warming is all about. More money.

Well .....that's good for the economy, yes?

[Peter1469]

Well .....that's good for the economy, yes?

It is good for the climate scientists that get money for telling the politicians what they want to hear.

When politicians enact policies to control the climate they harm economic growth.

[Trish]

It is good for the climate scientists that get money for telling the politicians what they want to hear.

When politicians enact policies to control the climate they harm economic growth.

Are you saying you do not think the climate is being impacted by our actions?

[Peter1469]

Are you saying you do not think the climate is being impacted by our actions?

I think that man's actions have a minor impact on the climate with regards to warming. I also think that science is advancing and we will soon have no need for fossil fuels.

I think that our use of pesticides and herbicides along with allowing farm waste to flow into the ocean is a much more immediate cause of concern than "global warming." There are so many real issues to be concerned with. Global warming is not one of them.

[Trish]

I think that man's actions have a minor impact on the climate with regards to warming. I also think that science is advancing and we will soon have no need for fossil fuels.

I think that our use of pesticides and herbicides along with allowing farm waste to flow into the ocean is a much more immediate cause of concern than "global warming." There are so many real issues to be concerned with. Global warming is not one of them.

Okie dokie

[Captdon]

Eighteen climate scientists from the US and elsewhere have hit the jackpot as France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, awarded them millions of euros in grants to relocate to France for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidential term.The “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants – a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan – are part of Macron’s efforts to counter Trump on the climate change front. Macron announced a contest for the projects in June, hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the US from the Paris climate accord.

More than 5,000 people from about 100 countries expressed interest in the grants. Most of the applicants – and 13 of the 18 winners – were US-based researchers.Macron’s appeal “gave me such a psychological boost, to have that kind of support, to have the head of state saying I value what you do”, said winner Camille Parmesan, of the University of Texas at Austin. She will be working at an experimental ecology station in the Pyrenees on how human-made climate change is affecting wildlife.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Parmesan described funding challenges for climate science in the US and a feeling that “you are having to hide what you do”.Trump has expressed skepticism about global warming and said the Paris accord would hurt US business by requiring a reduction in climate-damaging emissions.“We will be there to replace” US financing of climate research, Macron told the winners in Paris on Monday.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...iance-of-trump

13? Wow!

[Crepitus]

That is what global warming is all about. More money.

Scientists rarely get rich on government grants.

[Kacper]

Most o fthe top universities in the world are in the US, so let them go. Will create jobs for 18 Chinese scientists yearning to breathe free