A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a non-profit science advocacy group, states the blindingly obvious right from the get-go: “The Trump administration’s relationship with science and evidence is strained.”

Taking an in-depth look at this aspect of the federal government one year on from the inauguration of Donald Trump, it concludes that the Trump administration’s sidelining of scientific advice is considerably more widespread than previously recognized. Science is being abandoned like never before.

By this point, it shouldn’t come as news to you that the Trump administration is furiously anti-scientific. Although its “war on science” is a little more complex than just a denial of factual information, the actions of the federal government have had a profound impact on both American and global science.

This report is another (important) addition to a dire pile of evidence in this regard, and it highlights the myriad of ways in which the government is acting unfathomably regressively. Here are some of the findings of the report.

– Scientists and their work, particularly on climate change, are being censored and defunded.

– The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy – among others – are being corroded from within, purged of scientists who are then replaced by industry darlings. Around 23 percent of the EPA's scientific advisory boards will be industry figures, up from just 6 percent in 2017.

– The scientific advisory committees at all three agencies have met less often than any time since records began.

– Constant budget cuts threaten to decimate state-funded scientific research.

– Key members of the Trump administration, particularly Scott Pruitt and the President himself, constantly try to undermine both researchers and the scientific process itself.

– There are no scientific advisors in the White House, including a presidential science advisor, which breaks four decades of precedent. (Incidentally, when dealing with natural disasters – which the US experienced like never before in 2017 – not having them by your side is like going to war without your generals.)

– Only 20 of 83 top government science positions have been filled. At the end of Obama’s first year in office, 62 positions had already been filled. For Bush, 51 had been filled.