Texas, Trump and NOAA
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As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s disaster capabilities.
Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.
Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in Texas left more than 100 dead.
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Axios on MSNNew NOAA document spells out further deep Trump cutsA new NOAA document sheds further light on the Trump administration's proposed cuts and changes for the weather and climate agency. Why it matters: The proposed budget would gut federal climate research efforts and spending at a critical moment in the fight to understand and address human-driven climate change.
The decision by the Department of Defense to stop providing data to NOAA is just the latest challenge for the agency this year.
In an L.A. park, Trump unleashed his latest show of farce: The Battle of the Photo Op, argues columnist Gustavo Arellano. Elon Musk’s America Party is a long shot, argues columnist Jonah Goldberg. After a climber survived a gruesome injury in the Sierras, it took five helicopters to rescue her.
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Amazon S3 on MSNTrump Administration’s NOAA Cuts May Cripple US Forecasting..Retired federal weather scientists say the Trump administration’s proposed 40% budget cut to NOAA would gut atmospheric research and set forecasting progress back decades. The plan would eliminate funding for NOAA’s Office of Atmospheric Research,
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New cuts in Trump Administration: NOAA lays off 1,000 - MSNIn a significant move under President Donald Trump's administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is set to lay off over 1,000 employees.
Dramatic budget cuts at NOAA could put weather forecasts in peril, lives in danger Retired federal scientists warn Trump administration's proposed NOAA budget cuts could be costly and harm ...