West Point fired its only climate scientist after the scientist continued teaching that human activity causes climate change.

The available reporting establishes that Adam Kalkstein, a West Point geography professor described as the academy’s only climate scientist, filed a federal lawsuit alleging that officials ordered him to remove instruction about the human causes of climate change and later fired him after he resisted. The New York Times, The Guardian, Stars and Stripes, and Military Times all present the firing and alleged curriculum restrictions as claims made in the lawsuit, rather than as findings proven in court.theguardian.comtheguardian.comWest Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes...nytimes.comnytimes.comWest Point Climate Professor Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’+2 more

The claim’s description of Kalkstein as the academy’s only climate scientist and its reference to human activity causing climate change are consistent with the reporting. The scientific proposition itself is well established, but that does not independently prove why West Point dismissed Kalkstein. The decisive question is whether the academy fired him because he continued teaching that proposition, and the supplied sources do not include a West Point explanation, an official personnel record, or a judicial finding confirming that causal link.grist.orggrist.orgWest Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes...the-independent.comthe-independent.comTrump demands ‘lies’ in West Point climate curriculum, professor claims in new...+2 more

Several additional reports repeat Kalkstein’s account, including descriptions of an alleged confrontation with senior officials and claims that faculty were barred from teaching anthropogenic climate change. Those accounts add detail about the lawsuit, but they remain largely dependent on the same underlying allegation. The New Republic, Common Defense, the Society of Environmental Journalists, and Wonkette do not, in the supplied material, provide independent documentary confirmation of the academy’s motive.newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comWest Point Professor Fired for Refusing to Lie About Climate Changesej.orgsej.orgWest Point Climate Prof. Says He Was Fired for Refusing to ‘Defy Science’+2 more

Thus, the statement accurately reflects what Kalkstein’s lawsuit alleges, but it presents that allegation as an established fact. Until West Point responds with its stated reason for the dismissal or a court or other authoritative record substantiates the claim, the stronger conclusion is that the allegation is unverified.