West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change

August 27, 2026 · 2:15 pm 2 sources

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• West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change
  The Guardian · August 27, 2026 14:15
  Adam Kalkstein compared administration’s order to trying to teach the law without mentioning the constitution The only climate scientist teaching at West Point, the US army’s military academy, was fired after he resisted an order to stop teaching about the human causes of the climate emergency, a…

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