White House seeks deep cuts for NOAA, a leading climate science agency

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The Trump administration is seeking to slash the budget of one of the government’s premier climate science agencies by 17 percent, delivering steep cuts to research funding and satellite programs, according to a four-page budget memo obtained by The Washington Post.

The proposed cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would also eliminate funding for a variety of smaller programs, including external research, coastal management, estuary reserves and “coastal resilience,” which seeks to bolster the ability of coastal areas to withstand major storms and rising seas.

NOAA is part of the Commerce Department, which would be hit by an overall 18 percent budget reduction from its current funding level.

The Office of Management and Budget also asked the Commerce Department to provide information about how much it would cost to lay off employees, while saying those employees who do remain with the department should get a 1.9 percent pay increase in January 2018. It requested estimates for terminating leases and government “property disposal.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/03/white-house-proposes-steep-budget-cut-to-leading-climate-science-agency/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_noaa-745pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.71400cd68764

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1. NOAA's work shows that burning fossil fuels effects the climate.

"coastal management" aka as the ice melts the seas are rising

https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/article-of-the-day-flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun/?_r=0

Trump and company are really insane and they will kill us all to make a buck. Fucking Steve Bannon has
Trump's ear. Are you kidding me?

other horrors


gutting protections for streams and wetlands
gutting protections for the great lakes
allowing coal companies to dump their wastes into streams
stopping air pollution controls and mileage requirements for cars
protection for native pollinators
stopping programs to keep invasive carp from the great lakes