Trump Administration's Budget Cuts Threaten Weather Forecasting and Disaster Response
TL;DR
The Trump administration is reducing the US government's disaster preparedness and weather forecasting capabilities through staff reductions, budget cuts, and closures of key research labs, which experts warn could impair the country's ability to respond to extreme weather events amid a warming planet.
Topics:nationenvironment#climate-change#disaster-response#environment#flood-prediction#government-cuts#national-weather-service
- Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response The New York Times
- In Texas, cutting-edge weather forecasts hit their limits as Trump budget cuts loom NBC News
- Trump-led cuts at NOAA bemoaned by a California-trained ocean researcher Los Angeles Times
- Dangerous weather predictions will get tougher after these Trump administration actions USA Today
- Ezell: No concerns over NOAA budget cuts, reaffirms position on NPR, PBS cuts WLOX
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