Trump’s cuts have exposed US to ‘cascade’ of El Niño dangers, experts warn

President has taken an axe to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stalling climate research on and response to extreme weather events…

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/27/trump-cuts-el-nino-noaa

 

A super El Niño is here, but NOAA is scaling back research : NPR

The Trump administration is also trying to eliminate NOAA's research office, the primary scientific arm that studies events like El Niño, as part of that budget process. Since Trump began his second term, NOAA has lost more than 2,000 staff, largely due to retirements and firings…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/01/nx-s1-5976905/super-el-nino-research-noaa-floods

 

Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report

Move by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is latest government rollback of climate science activity…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/trump-administration-arctic-environmental-report 

 

Climate Conspirituality (Conspirituality podcast #319)

Climate reality keeps colliding with denial, erasure, and rebranding — across media, politics, and religion. Temu conspiritualists weave melted stories about the origins of wildfires, while the high-class guys run meditation-and-regenerative-farming spectacle backed by Exxon money. Julian’s on that angle.

Derek will be telling us about how climate journalism is collapsing faster than the climate itself with mass environment reporting layoffs at NPR, CBS, the Washington Post, and the LA Times. Trump gutted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. EPA webpages have been scrubbed of human-caused warming language.

Are religious institutions doing any better? In 2015, five world religions — Jewish, Catholic, Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist — independently issued climate statements ahead of the Paris COP21 talks. Matthew looks at how they struggled to challenge the global economies they depend on.
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/319-climate-conspirituality

Ex-NOAA employees re-create a climate data site shut down by Trump : NPR

The new site was created by former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) — the government's lead scientific agency for climate, weather and ocean monitoring — who worked on Climate.gov until they were laid off last year as part of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutbacks.

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/26/nx-s1-5869615/climate-noaa-data-trump-doge

 

They did the Monster Slash

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4Iu3gJ5Kirk

 

Two top Noaa officials linked to Trump’s ‘Sharpiegate’ incident put on leave

Two men led inquiry into 2019 debacle involving incorrect hurricane projections that tarnished federal agency's record…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/noaa-officials-leave-trump-sharpiegate

 

NOAA was developing a way to predict extreme rainfall — until Trump officials stopped it - The Washington Post

The tool would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity in communities across the nation...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/16/noaa-rainfall-predictions-climate-change/

Looking at the #Trump cuts to #NWS and #NOAA after the #texas #floods

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JnJga74SwEc

 

BREAKING: Texas Officials Blast Trump for Fatal Error

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gafZbyKvN4c

 

House Democrats will introduce legislation to 'save NOAA'

The amendment to the Republican budget reconciliation bill would prevent further Trump administration cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/house-democrats-will-introduce-legislation-noaa-rcna208051 

Your Weather Forecasts Are About to Get a Lot Less Accurate – Mother Jones

“We’re becoming more blind” amid Donald Trump’s gutting of federal agencies.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-administration-cuts-noaa-national-weather-service-forecasts-forecasting-less-accurate/

 

 

Trump administration has set Noaa on ‘non-science trajectory’, workers warn | Trump administration | The Guardian

Researchers left at US climate agency say drastic cuts could leave air 'not breathable' and water 'not drinkable'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/23/noaa-non-science-trump-cuts 

 

Trump picks former chief entangled in ‘Sharpiegate’ to lead Noaa

Neil Jacobs was acting Noaa chief and came under fire after Trump altered a projected hurricane impact map in 2019…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/05/trump-neil-jacobs-noaa-sharpiegate

 

‘Clear and present danger’: Project 2025’s plan to gut FEMA when it’s most needed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRR9mni4iT4

Trump's Sharpie Scandal Has Triggered Multiple Investigations: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the growing scandal of President Trump doctoring a map of Hurricane Dorian with a Sharpie.....
https://youtu.be/7nfiyLQwXHE

Trump pushed staff to correct NOAA tweet that contradicted his inaccurate Dorian claim - The Washington Post

The House Science Committee launched a probe into the Commerce Department's role, and any White House role, in getting NOAA to back President Trump's false assertions about Hurricane Dorian's predicted track....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/11/lawmakers-commerce-department-launch-investigations-into-noaas-decision-back-presidents-trump-over-forecasters/

Trump Tried to Bully NOAA. Its Chief Scientist Just Released a Remarkable Letter to Fight Back - Mother Jones

NOAA Acting Chief Scientist Craig McLean sent a letter over the weekend to the agency's staff to address the controversy that ensued after President Donald Trump falsely claimed that Hurricane Dorian was headed for Alabama. On Tuesday, NOAA publicly released that letter, following a wild week when the normally understated agency was in the spotlight. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/09/trump-tried-to-bully-noaa-its-chief-scientist-just-released-a-remarkable-letter-to-fight-back/

Trump suggested his Alabama deception was a big joke. But NOAA isn’t laughing — and neither should we - The Washington Post: Analysis

The president suggested this weekend that he was toying with the media. Implicit in that is that he's been dishonest, and he knows it.
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/09/trump-suggested-his-alabama-deception-was-big-joke-noaa-isnt-laughing-neither-should-we/

NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump - The Washington Post

Nearly a week before the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publicly backed President Trump over its own scientists, a top NOAA official warned its staff against contradicting the president.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/noaa-staff-warned-in-sept-1-directive-against-contradicting-trump/2019/09/07/12a52d1a-d18f-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html