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The Trump administration has settled into its policy of “don’t look up” when it comes to studying climate change. On April 8, the Department of Commerce announced the end of three cooperative agreements between NOAA and Princeton University. In justifying the termination of one of them, a climate modeling project involving meteorologist and Nobel laureate…

So far, the Trump administration has not messed with NOAA’s mission statement, but below is some of the butchering done to NOAA’s Core Values: NOAA’s Core Values: Inclusion. Innovation. Integrity. The service NOAA provides to the nation relies first and foremost on our workforce. We prioritize the safety and wellbeing of our employees. We recognize…

The New York Times recently published a list of “woke” words and phrases that federal agencies have been instructed to limit or remove from their publications, websites, and other public-facing products. “Climate crisis” and “climate science” are, unsurprisingly, on the list (importantly, “climate change” is not on the purge list, reflecting a shift in rhetoric…