Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
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Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

Summary

Elon Musk’s staffers entered NOAA and the Department of Commerce without clearance, raising concerns over budget cuts and downsizing.

Project 2025, a conservative plan linked to former Trump officials, calls for dismantling NOAA, citing its climate research as harmful to U.S. prosperity.

Critics warn such cuts could impact weather forecasting, ocean conservation, and fisheries.

NOAA declined to comment, while experts fear an aggressive strategy to weaken the agency before legal challenges can halt changes.

  • Admiral PatrickEnglish
    50•18 hours ago

    …doesn’t AccuWeather (like most weather services) pull their data from NWS?

    • Flying Squid
      54•18 hours ago

      For now, yes. Under the plan outlined in Project 2025, AccuWeather gets control of all of the NWS weather stations.

      • Admiral PatrickEnglish
        37•18 hours ago

        Jesus.

        My empathy is all tied up with the marginalized groups, minorities, federal workers, and others already negatively affected by this administration. If some yokels in flyover states who voted for him get taken out by a tornado because they had to watch a 30 second ad before the weather alert would show up, I got nothing for them.

        • Flying Squid
          32•18 hours ago

          Unfortunately, plenty of people who live in flyover states also tried to stop these people from getting into office. There are fewer of them, but still millions.