NOAA in the News

April 29: US dismisses all authors of National Climate Assessment, email says (Reuters)

April 25: NOAA signs agreement to ensure reliable water supply for California agriculture [in support of the presidential memo Putting People over Fish] (NOAA press release)

April 25: ‘The next gold rush’: President Trump unlocks access to critical deep seabed minerals (NOAA press release)

April 24: White House proposal could gut climate modeling the world depends on (ProPublica)

April 22: Fmr. NOAA administrator warns possible cuts would take US back ’20 or 30 years’ on climate (CNN) (video interview with Rick Spinrad)

April 21: Trump cuts would cripple NOAA’s wide-ranging science partnerships (E&E News by Politico)

April 18: Trump opens national marine monument to commercial fishing (The Hill)

April 17: National Weather Service buyouts will leave gaps as storm season ramps up (The Washington Post)

April 16: As NOAA shrinks under Trump’s cuts, employees speak out (PBS News)

April 11: White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research (Politico)

April 9: Trump administration cuts research funding, claiming it creates ‘climate anxiety’ (The New York Times)

April 9: NOAA staffing cuts threaten years of salmon harvests (The New York Times)

April 1: ‘Chaos’: Trump cuts to Noaa disrupt staffing and weather forecasts (The Guardian)

March 19: Fired workers are reinstated at NOAA, creating confusion on the heels of severe storms (NBC News)

March 17: DOGE Is Making It Harder to Track Extreme Weather. What Could Go Wrong? (The New York Times)

March 14: As NOAA braces for more cuts, scientists say public safety is at risk (PBS News)

March 13: They fly into hurricanes – and still got caught in Doge’s cuts (BBC News)

March 12: The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say (Associated Press)

March 11: Trump cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii (Reuters)

March 10: NOAA to potentially cut more than 1,000 additional employees (CBS News)

March 7: Will NOAA layoffs worsen the impact of billion-dollar disasters as extreme weather season begins? (Center for Climate and Energy Solutions)

March 4: DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases on key weather buildings (Axios)

March 3: Maryland leaders join rally at NOAA headquarters after federal worker cuts (CBS News)

February 12: A day without NOAA (Union of Concerned Scientists)