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What is the point of having National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration if you abolish "Oceanic and Atmospheric Research" (hexbear.net)

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Science article

https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-seeks-end-climate-research-premier-u-s-climate-agency

NYT article

https://archive.is/MKE7F

The proposal from the Office of Management and Budget would abolish the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research office at NOAA, one of the world’s premiere Earth sciences research centers.

A budget allocation of just over $170 million, down from about $485 million in 2024, would hobble science as varied as early warning systems for natural disasters, science education for students in kindergarten through high school, and the study of the Arctic, where temperatures have increased nearly four times as fast as the rest of the planet over the past four decades. “At this funding level, O.A.R. is eliminated as a line office,” the proposal states.

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[–] FedPosterman5000@hexbear.net 3 points 12 hours ago

Private engineering firms are just there to eat the blame when making “tough decisions”, since they have neither ties to the community nor an obligation to its members. Federal engineering studies are obligated to consider a range of decisions and utilize standards, private studies just need to say what you want them to and then provide enough backing to justify it in permitting. Therefore our system of austerity and kickbacks greatly favors one over the other.