White House proposes steep budget cut to leading climate science agency

[NRaleighLiberal]

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration is seeking to slash 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 budget, which would be hit by an overall 18 percent reduction from its current funding level.

OMB 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.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/03/03/white-house-proposes-steep-budget-cut-to-leading-climate-science-agency/?utm_term=.b3143ae691f6

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Many americans want to see the government slashed.

Well, they think they do, when they find their daily lives are much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much worse off as a result, they will change their tune but alas it will be too late then.

[Crash2Parties]

18. They won't change their tune; the connection is more than one layer deep.

[atreides1]

19. You're right

I'm looking forward to those layers dying off!

[alarimer]

2. Every single one of these cuts will lead to massive job losses.

Because these agencies fund state environmental agencies through grants and partnerships, as well as a variety of interstate management groups (like the fishery management commissions, etc), those agencies (even in blue states) will shed thousands of jobs and at universities as well. Funding for STEM scholarships and grant money for post-graduates.

That piece of shit has no idea what he is doing. He will ruin the environment and set back wildlife and fisheries management to a point where these species may NEVER recover.

[MBS]

11. yup.

[LisaM]

3. This makes me ill.

It's like a swath of destruction. Has anyone started out their term with such a scorched earth policy?

[yuiyoshida]

4. Yeah LETS CUT THAT SCIENCE SHIT.... who needs that ay?

What a stupid fuck Trump is!

[maxsolomon]

5. Elections have consequences

This is exactly what a minority of voters wanted, so they get it. It's the American Way.

The only hope is the Filibuster, I suppose.

Basically, America is throwing in the towel on any notion of addressing ACC. It's a goddamn tragedy. Sorry, future generations, the generation that's just about to die DGAF.

[MBS]

9. " " " " n/t

[n2doc]

6. One can only hope the Senate will be wiser

I know, I know. But a lot of these funds go to coastal states, including those in the south.

Otherwise we can just hope the rest of the world keeps going on climate science. Because we won't be.

[Fred Sanders]

7. Have to believe any such budget will never pass and then the R's will have to lift the debt ceiling.

[ProudLib72]

8. Yeah!

Cut NOAA's budget so there is no more hurricane tracking, no more hurricane warnings, no more Florida. But make sure tRump is there when the next cat 4 hits.

[MBS]

10. " " " "n/t

[JudyM]

12. This will also hurt with effective science and responses to oil spills.

They've likely been a thorn in Tillerson's side.
http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/oil-and-chemical-spills/oil-spills/how-noaa-responds-oil-spills.html

[Matthew28]

13. People will die because of this idiocy

The republican party truly is made up of our taliban.

[mountain grammy]

14. I can hear my idiot brother in law cheering all the way from Texas.

Shut er down.

[cos dem]

15. Sure, why not...

No reason to waste money on nonsense like "hurricane monitoring". I mean, that's almost as stupid as "volcano monitoring".
Galveston, Florida and New Orleans will be fine.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Notice that ALL the cuts clear the way for corporations and harm fisherman, farmers, consumers.

Not to neglect that the Pentagon deems Global Climate Change is a National Security Threat.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. March for Science is on Earth Day, April 22. I will be marching.

Find a march near you.

I'm marching.

http://marchforscience.com/