Project 2025 rolls on

 

This is "old" news, but it's relevant today, because these cuts are still coming, and they are DANGEROUS. 

Something bad is going to happen, and that will open a lot of eyes. Sadly, that's what it's going to take.

Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget

The plan would cut NOAA’s budget by 27 percent overall and eliminate a research branch of the agency studying the world’s weather, climate and oceans.

"The programs “misaligned with the President’s agenda and the expressed will of the American people,” the document says.

The administration is proposing to zero out funding for programs including all NOAA labs related to climate, weather and oceans, including 16 cooperative institutes housed at universities across the country; regional climate data centers that track historic weather conditions across the country; and Sea Grant programs focused on coastal environments and economies.

It orders NOAA to halt any spending on a program to develop the next generation of geostationary satellites, which provide a constant picture of weather across the U.S. as they remain in fixed positions flying above North America. The document said “proactive action” was needed “to address unsustainable costs in NOAA’s satellite acquisition programs.”

The climate data collected by NOAA is used by a range of Americans, from farmers planning their crops to communities preparing for worsening wildfires and more severe storms.

It also serves as a foundation for much of climate scientists’ work around the world, because it spans decades and is so comprehensive, said Joeri Rogelj, a climate scientist at Imperial College London. Scientists rely on NOAA datasets to evaluate changes in Earth’s climate, and use it as a benchmark for advanced models that assess the consequences of future planetary warming.

“The information provided by NOAA represents the factual backbone of how we know that our climate is changing,” Rogelj said."