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Trump plans deep NOAA budget cuts by ending key climate research programs, slashing woke projects and wasteful spending, per internal memo.
President Donald Trump’s administration is gearing up to effectively cut NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) by shutting down its primary climate research division, according to multiple reports. [emphasis, links added]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent an internal memo that outlines huge changes to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), according to Politico, Axios, and The New York Times, who reviewed the memo.
If the administration’s proposal makes it through Congress, NOAA’s climate change research will effectively cease, according to reports.
“Reaching balance requires: resetting the proper balance between Federal and State responsibilities with a renewed emphasis on federalism; eliminating the Federal Government’s support of woke ideology; protecting the American people by deconstructing a wasteful and weaponized bureaucracy; and identifying and eliminating wasteful spending,” the memo states, according to Politico.
NOAA has a history of supporting left-wing ideology, shelling out over $3 million on “Teek and Tom Explore Planet Earth,” an animated film featuring a space alien with “gender-neutral” pronouns, according to Daily Caller News Foundation reporting.
The White House, OMB, and NOAA did not respond to the DCNF’s requests for comment and a copy of the internal memo reviewed by Politico, Axios, and the NYT.
NOAA would receive roughly $4.5 billion in its 2026 budget, down from around $6.1 billion in its 2025 budget, according to Politico.
The OMB memo, referred to as a ‘Passback,’ also reportedly said that NOAA’s operations, research, and facilities budget would be slashed from $4.8 billion in 2025 to $3.47 billion in 2016, a total of 38%.
“The Department should act now to align existing resources and activities to the direction of the Passback,” the memo reportedly reads, stating that it is necessary to cut “unsustainable costs” in NOAA’s satellite programs.
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