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US science envoy resigns in protest at Trump policies

Energy researcher Daniel Kammen faults US president’s positions on climate change and energy and his failure to condemn white supremacists.

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Tollefson, J. US science envoy resigns in protest at Trump policies. Nature 548, 509 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22510

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