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Social Workers Respond to New Climate Change Agenda

Social Workers Respond to New Climate Change Agenda

NASW is monitoring the federal government’s severe shift in climate policies and priorities By Faye Beard Recent headlines signal that the federal government is willfully ignoring the potential dangers of climate change. In April, Reuters published an article titled,...

Social Workers Respond to New Climate Change Agenda

Recent headlines signal that the federal government is willfully ignoring the potential dangers of climate change. In April, Reuters published an article titled, “State Department Nixes Climate Office.” A New York Times headline read, “Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report.” And Bloomberg featured an exposé, “Lights Out: How Trump’s War on Climate Science Is Weakening the U.S.”