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White House to gut NOAA's activist-captured climate research unit

Baird Maritime · last updated

The administration of President Donald Trump aims to eliminate the arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that oversees research on climate change and refocus the US fisheries service to support energy development, according to a draft White House budget document seen by Reuters.

The moves are part of a plan to downsize NOAA dramatically, slashing agency funding by around $1.67 billion, or 27 per cent, according to the proposal.

The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, known also as NOAA Research, would be closed under the proposal, along with $480 million in funding for regional climate data and information, agency research laboratories, and cooperative institutes, among other programs.

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