Climate Programs Dismantled - NOAA Faces 27% Budget Cut, Hundreds of Jobs Eliminated
Major systematic dismantling of climate research infrastructure: NOAA’s budget cut by 27%, with Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) budget slashed from $485 million to $171 million. Approximately 1,029 jobs to be eliminated, disrupting critical weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and marine ecosystem research. Part of Project 2025’s comprehensive plan to eliminate federal climate change research capabilities.
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- Proposed budget would slash NOAA funding (2025-04-11) [Tier 1]
- Trump's budget plan eviscerates weather and climate research, and it could be enacted immediately (2025-04-11) [Tier 1]
- Trump administration pushes ahead with NOAA climate and weather cuts (2025-04-11) [Tier 1]
- Trump's NOAA Budget Cuts Could Gut Critical Climate Modeling (2025-04-11) [Tier 1]
- NOAA Budget Cuts Proposed for FY2025 (2025-04-11) [Tier 2]
- Trump Plan to Eliminate Climate Research
- NOAA Budget Cuts Analysis
- Climate Research Elimination Proposal
- Trump demands Texas redistricting for GOP gains (2025-07-15)
- Abbott resists Trump mid-cycle redistricting push, cites constitutional concerns (2025-07-15)
- Texas Democrats flee to Illinois to block redistricting special session (2025-07-16)
- Civil arrest warrants issued for Texas Democrats who broke quorum (2025-07-17)
- OpenAI and Anthropic Researchers Decry Reckless Safety Culture at Elon Musk's xAI (2025-07-16)
- Elon Musk Released xAI's Grok 4 Without Any Safety Reports—Despite Calling AI More 'Dangerous Than Nukes' (2025-07-17)
- xAI Loses US Deal After Grok Sparks Political AI Scandal (2025-07-18)
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