West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change

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By Richard Luscombe, The GuardianAug 30, 2026, 9:00 am51 ptsTrending
The only climate scientist teaching at West Point, the U.S. Army’s military academy, was fired after he resisted an order to stop teaching about the human causes of the climate emergency, a lawsuit claims. Dr. Adam Kalkstein, a civilian professor of geography at the New York institution, was terminated…

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