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#Project2025 plans to dismantle the federal agency that tracks hurricanes
Right-wing media have attacked NOAA and climate science for decades
Written by Allison Fisher
Published 05/31/24
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency that predicts changes in #climate, #weather, #oceans, and #coastlines and provides data that informs lifesaving forecasts such as tracking #hurricanes, is in the crosshairs of Project 2025, the conservative battle plan for a potential second Trump presidency which describes NOAA as a “colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry.” But researchers have pushed back on these charges and defended NOAA’s climate data and meteorological work — while forecasters are predicting an 'extremely active' Atlantic hurricane season and experts say this summer could rival last year’s record heat.
"Project 2025’s call to dismantle NOAA by eliminating or privatizing key functions of the agency is the endgame of years of attempts by conservatives and right-wing media to attack the credibility of the agency and the veracity of the data it produces. It also illustrates that the conservative plan is not just to dismantle U.S. climate policy, but also to scrub the climate data that underpins it."