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What Trump's first week means for climate, science, health and tech

In a barrage of executive orders, President Donald Trump has set the US on course to derail climate goals, biomedical research and pandemic readiness

By Chelsea Whyte

27 January 2025

Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 23 January 2025.

The incoming president signed a suite of executive orders last week

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In the first week of his second term, US president Donald Trump has thrown the country’s scientific apparatus into chaos, while at the same time anointing a new tech oligarchy. With a blitz of executive orders, he鈥檚 set the US on a path that will derail climate goals, biomedical research and pandemic readiness.

On 20 January, the first day of his presidency, Trump declared a 鈥渘ational energy emergency鈥 and proposed expanding fossil fuel production on federal land, including a controversial move to open Alaska鈥檚 Arctic National…

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