“Scientists and climate policy experts who quit have not returned. Recruitment is suffering, according to federal employees, as government science jobs are no longer viewed as insulated from politics. And money from Congress to replenish the ranks could be years away. The result is that President Joe Biden’s ambitious plans to confront climate change are hampered by a brain drain.” A Brain Drain Among Government Scientists Bogs Down Biden’s Climate Ambitions. (I mean, technically, they’re humanity’s climate ambitions, but you get the gist.)