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QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports

www.theatlantic.com

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The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports

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QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago
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Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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    Is this bc weather reports affirm climate change, and having the weather report doctored will help oil and coal companies pollute as much as they want without public backlash?

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      It’s because the person that owns AccuWeather has been lobbying since Trump’s first term to close NOAA and give his company a monopoly on it. Selling forecasts, data and access back to everyone while using resources paid for by taxpayers.

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        AccuWeather has been trying since 2005:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Duties_Act_of_2005

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          Thank you for that link. NWS and NOAA deserve all the support we can give them.

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      It’s because they would charge you for air if they could.

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        que no los dos?

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        The party of working Americans. /s

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      Sharpies are cheaper

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