Wisconsin agency employees prevented from talking about climate change

New York Times : Wisconsin’s three-member Board of Commissioners of Public Lands voted 2–1 to ban the agency’s 10 employees from working on climate change issues. The agency is in charge of Wisconsin’s more than $1 billion in trust assets, which include more than 77 000 acres of land, much of it heavily forested. State treasurer Matt Adamczyk and state attorney general Brad Schimel, both Republicans, voted for the ban. Adamczyk said that climate change is an issue that goes beyond the agency’s mission. Secretary of state Doug La Follette, a Democrat, voted against the ban. He noted that the effects of climate change on forests are well documented and that agency employees need to have general expertise in forestry and the environment. La Follette suggested that the ban is part of an effort by Adamczyk to remove the board’s executive secretary, Tia Nelson, who is the daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson.