Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?
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美国国家科学院成立于美国内战时期，旨在为政府提供科学建议，已成为最权威的科学组织之一。其核心职能是召集全国顶尖人才，就科技议题撰写全面报告。这些报告敢于触及公共争议并冒犯权势集团，却仍能赢得资助方的尊重。但今年，其规避政治风暴的能力似乎已达极限。据Politico深度报道，该院与共和党人的关系出现裂痕。目前，科学院正就天气事件与人为气候变化的关系准备专家报告
Founded during the US Civil War to provide advice to the government, the National Academies of Science have become one of the most prestigious scientific organizations. Its primary function is to prepare comprehensive reports on scientific and technological issues, aided by its ability to attract top talent from across the country.
Those reports have not been afraid to weigh in on matters of public controversy and risk offending powerful groups, which it has managed to do without losing the respect of the governmental organizations that fund these reports. But this year, there have been increasing signs that the Academies' ability to dodge political firestorms has reached its limit. Yesterday, a deeply reported story from Politico explained the breakdown between the National Academies and Republican politicians.
The National Academies is preparing an expert report on attribution of weather events to human-driven climate change, and fossil fuel companies are worried it will lead to findings of liability in the many cases where those companies are being sued.
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