provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US.When politicians distort science, academics and scientists tend to watch in shock rather than speak out. But in an age of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” we need to step into the breach and inject scientific literacy into the political discourse.Nowhere is this obligation more vivid than the debate over climate change. Contrary to the consensus of worldwide, the president has called climate change a “” (though his position may be ), while his EPA administrator has .It’s another sign that we, as a society, are drifting away...…provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US.When politicians distort science, academics and scientists tend to watch in shock rather than speak out. But in an age of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” we need to step into the breach and inject scientific literacy into the political discourse.Nowhere is this obligation more vivid than the debate over climate change. Contrary to the consensus of worldwide, the president has called climate change a “” (though his position may be ), while his EPA administrator has .It’s another sign that we, as a society, are drifting away...WW…