A climate scientist at West Point was fired for teaching about human causes of climate change despite an order to stop.

West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/west-point-climate-scientist-fired #UsNews #UsEducation #ClimateCrisis

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.

#WestPoint’s only #climate #scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of #climatechange According to #AdamKalkstein, who taught #army cadets there for 17 years, he told the dean at a November 2025 meeting that an order to cut from the curriculum content about the human causes of climate change was immoral and potentially illegal. It “would be like trying to teach the law without being able to even mention the constitution”, he said. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/27/west-point-climate-scientist-fired

West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change. Adam Kalkstein compared the administration’s order to trying to teach the law without mentioning the Constitution. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming https://grist.org/politics/west-points-only-climate-scientist-fired-after-continuing-to-teach-human-causes-of-climate-change/