Trump Will Dismantle Key US Weather And Science Agency, Climate Experts Fear

"Plan to break up NOAA claims its research is ‘climate alarmism’ and calls for commercializing forecasts, weakening forecasts".

"Climate experts fear Donald Trump will follow a blueprint created by his allies to gut the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), disbanding its work on climate science and tailoring its operations to business interests.

Joe Biden’s presidency has increased the profile of the science-based federal agency but its future has been put in doubt if Trump wins a second term and at a time when climate impacts continue to worsen.

The plan to “break up Noaa is laid out in the Project 2025 document written by more than 350 rightwingers and helmed by the Heritage Foundation. Called the Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, it is meant to guide the first 180 days of presidency for an incoming Republican president."

Dharna Noor reports for the Guardian April 26, 2024.

Source: Guardian, 04/30/2024