Amy Donahue, the provost and chief academic officer of the academy, confirmed the moves in a statement posted last week on the Coast Guard Academy alumni association’s website. The association said in an online post that it had reached out to her office after receiving “several letters of concern” on how climate policy was playing out at the New London, Connecticut, institution.
Donahue wrote that the academy was required to make the changes because of the president’s executive order withdrawing past climate change policies as well as a Feb. 14 directive from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem had ordered department officials to “eliminate all climate change activities and the use of climate change terminology in DHS policies and programs.”
This is old news (over three months old) and because I don’t want the blog to become politicized I ask that you hold your comments.
Some would say this is good. Some will say this is bad. In a way, I think it will make little difference because the topic is very public. Sometimes withholding information just awakens curiosity. Hopefully the faculty will fill the time made available with something useful.
Just wanted you to know.
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