The Trump Effect — CDC Cancels Major Climate Change Conference The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has cancelled a major conference on climate change next month. by James Delingpole24 Jan 2017
This is unquestionably a result of the Trump Effect: the CDC is one of many US federal agencies which have been forced rapidly to adjust their priorities under a presidential administration which does not see man-made climate change as a significant issue.
According to The Hill:
Zitat The cancelled summit was intended to teach public health officials more about climate change, an idea that is widely backed by climate scientists. Former President Barack Obama made it a key focus of his administration.
And this is exactly the problem which has beset so many public (and indeed private) institutions so long. From CDC to NASA to Departments from the Interior to Defense, government offshoots in the US — infiltrated by green entryists from below and encouraged by irresponsible prioritizing from above — have engaged in climate change activism which has nothing whatsoever to do with their core remit.
The CDC is a particularly egregious example of this environmentalist mission creep. Founded in 1946, its job is to protect public health and safety through the control and prevention of disease, injury, and disability in the US and internationally, with an annual budget in excess of $7 billion.