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WASHINGTONSAN FRANCISCO Tyus Bowser Ravens Jersey , April 22 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousandsof scientists and their supporters took to the streets inWashington, D.C. and around the world on Saturday to protestagainst what organizers described as an ""alarming"" anti-sciencetrend.

The main March for Science event was held in Washington, D.C.,where thousands, mainly scientists, engineers, teachers, students Marlon Humphrey Ravens Jersey ,parents and children, defied pouring rain to gather at the NationalMall to hear high-profile speakers who declared science underattack and asked politicians to respect facts.

""We are marching today to remind people everywhere our lawmakersespecially of the significance of science for our health andprosperity,"" Bill Nye, a popular U.S. science educator and CEO ofthe Planetary Society who served as honorary co-chair of the event,told the crowd at the rally that lasted about four hours followedby a march to the U.S. Capitol.

""Today, we have a great many lawmakers, not just here but aroundthe world, deliberately ignoring and actively suppressing science Lamar Jackson Ravens Jersey ,""Nye asserted. ""Their inclination is misguided and in no one's bestinterest.""

Out in the crowd, worries were expressed in the signs andbanners held by the participants that read: ""Science, not silence,""""Oceans are rising, and so are we,"" ""Fund Science = Fun Future,""""Policy without science is a Biohazard,"" ""Science is not a partisanissue Hayden Hurst Ravens Jersey , it is the foundation of our society,"" ""Science is NOT anopinion.""

""I'm here because I want to make sure climate change is a majorfocus of policy in the near history of our government,"" EmilyWiggans, a middle-aged woman who came with her family, told Xinhua.""I think we really need to focus on a present danger as a nationalsecurity threat and do more with climate scientists and put morefunding into climate scientists and science.""

Another woman, Ray Whittle, was outraged about President DonaldTrump's proposed budget, which would slash funding for the U.S.medical research funder Rush Maxx Williams Jersey , the National Institutes of Health (NIH), afederal agency her son was working for.

""His budget is a disaster. I'm terrified he is going to cut NIHfunding. There is lots of scientific work being done out thereright now,"" Whittle told Xinhua.

In an earlier statement, Trump insisted that his administrationis committed to protecting the environment ""without harmingAmerica's working families.""

""That is why my Administration is reducing unnecessary burdenson American workers and American companies,"" he said. ""Rigorousscience is critical to my administration's efforts to achieve thetwin goals of economic growth and environmental protection...(but)we should remember that rigorous science depends not on ideology,but on a spirit of honest inquiry and robust debate.""

Besides the Washington march, organizers said there are 609""satellite"" marches across the United States and across the worldin a protest timed to coincide with Earth Day.

An estimated number of more than 30,000 people Rush Kamalei Correa Jersey , mostlyscientists, students and research advocates, filled up at least adozen blocks north of the Trump International Hotel in Manhattan,New York, on Saturday to march for science.

Marchers held signs with slogans: ""Science should be shared notcensored,"" ""Rise up before the waters do,"" ""Dinosaurs didn'tbelieve in climate change either"" ""stop the war on facts,"" ""Denialis not a policy Rush Ronnie Stanley Jersey ,"" and ""we're not just resistors, we aretransformers.""

Organizers portrayed the march as political but not partisan,promoting the understanding of science as well as defending it fromvarious attacks. They cited President Trump administration'proposed 5.8 billion U.S. dollars cut to the National Institutes ofHealth, and also its proposed 2.6 billion dollars cut to theEnvironmental Protection Agency.

Scientists involved in the march also said they were anxiousabout political and public rejection of established science such asclimate change and the safety of vaccine immunizations.

Jill Dvornik, a senior stem cell researcher at Mount SinaiHospital and march co-organizer, said important initiatives arebeing threatened by federal budget cuts. Advances in everythingfrom biomedical studies to technological devices could beaffected.

Peter Haugen, a psychologist from New Jersey, said the proposedcuts to the National Institutes of Health would imperil health andthe fight against diseases and chronic illnesses.

There were quite a few Trump supporters in the crowd though. ""Iam a Trump voter. Ask me anything Rush Nico Siragusa Jersey ,"" reads a sign held by a grinningyoung man.

Jim MacDonald, 67, from Flushing, Queens, stood near theprotestors, holding a ""THANK GOD FOR TRUMP"" sign above hishead.

Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo released a statement honoringEarth Day, and noting the challenges facing the environment.

""From combating climate change and reducing carbon emissions tosafeguarding our coastal communities and strengthening resiliencyin the face of extreme weather - New York must continue to lead theway forward,"" Cuomo said.

In California Rush Tim Williams Jersey , marches occur in more than 40 places. Thousandsof people rallied, marched and celebrated Saturday in downtown SanFrancisco to mark the Earth Day.

While Earth Day, which falls on April 22, is an annual event,this year's new theme, March for Science, mobilized arguably thebiggest crowd for at least a decade in the Northern California cityon the U.S. West Coast.

A retired office worker, who preferred not to be named Rush Chris Wormley Jersey , was withher daughter at Civic Center Plaza, in front of the historic CityHall, and admitted it was her first time to be an Earth Day event.actually any event of the kind, especially with a tone against thecurrent U.S. administration's environmental and sciencepolicies.

Her daughter, who also preferred to be anonymous, said she wasat the Women's March in January 21 this year.

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