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.

  • HubertManne
    6•7 hours ago

    um. so. do they know accuweather relies on the government to do their forecasts. almost all weather forecasts originate with the us or european agencies and then have some local radar and sensors to get local temps, windspeeds, and precipitate.

    • Flying Squid
      15•6 hours ago

      Yep, but they plan to give AccuWeather all the NWS monitoring stations.

      • HubertManne
        4•6 hours ago

        The sattelites because I was under the impression most monitoring stations were owned locally but everyone shares with the government and in return gets access to the information?

        • skulblaka
          4•4 hours ago

          “What’s yours is mine and what’s mine is mine.” I expect Musk just assumes he owns all of those and if he ever finds out he doesn’t then he will then assume ownership of it. And then probably try to sell you access to your own weather station.