The stuff that gets published in journals like science is one thing - while I disagree with the government's position here, at least it is available to those who know where to look for it. However, most of the work done by government scientists ends up in internal reports, so if the scientists are being silenced no one will ever know about it (e.g. if information on the status of a particular species or effects of climate change is inconvenient it can be easily buried under this regime).
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