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> This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so. Source?

by mp05 1y ago

random3 1y ago
It’s an opinion - he/she is the source
- kristopolous 1y ago
  It's explicitly stated as an intentional plan, out in the open, loudly, documented, widely reported, going back many years in many outlets, both domestically and internationally. If your head is so far up the right wing bullshit machine that you can't bother to find out this extremely widely documented fact then this comment isn't going to help you. Keep drinking that koolaid brother
- chneu 1y ago
  It's quite literally a stated goal of several people involved in the current administration. So, not an opinion. The sources are the dozens of times they've said they want to shutter NOAA.
jrflowers 1y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Myers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Myers >Myers faced criticism in 2005 when he supported the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005, a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) that some argued would have prohibited the National Weather Service from publishing weather data to the public when private-sector entities, such as AccuWeather, perform the same function commercially.[34]
alabastervlog 1y ago
Trump tried to nominate the CEO of accuweather to run NOAA his first term, but was blocked. That CEO has lobbied to get Congress to limit the services NOAA provides so it doesn’t “compete” with companies like accuweather. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuweather/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuwea... Project 2025 calls for moves similar to that. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-project-2025-says-about-the-national-weather-service-and-noaa https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-pro... Key quotes: > The document describes NOAA as a primary component “of the climate change alarm industry” and said it “should be broken up and downsized.” > Project 2025 would not outright end the National Weather Service. It says the agency “should focus on its data-gathering services,” and “should fully commercialize its forecasting operations.” > It said that “commercialization of weather technologies should be prioritized to ensure that taxpayer dollars are invested in the most cost-efficient technologies for high quality research and weather data.” Investing in commercial partners will increase competition, Project 2025 said. Should be enough from here for you to find your way with Google to further details, including the primary sources on the P2025 stuff.
joshuaturner 1y ago
> The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories. https://web.archive.org/web/20241129041037/https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-21.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20241129041037/https://static.pr... Also worth noting AccuWeather CEO was nominated to lead NOAA in 2017 by Trump but withdrew after waiting more than 2 years for Senate confirmation.
thesuperbigfrog 1y ago
'Project 2025 would not outright end the National Weather Service. It says the agency “should focus on its data-gathering services,” and “should fully commercialize its forecasting operations.” It said that “commercialization of weather technologies should be prioritized to ensure that taxpayer dollars are invested in the most cost-efficient technologies for high quality research and weather data.” Investing in commercial partners will increase competition, Project 2025 said.' Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-project-2025-says-about-the-national-weather-service-and-noaa https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-pro...
digdugdirk 1y ago
... This isn't even difficult to find, and it was a major issue during the first Trump administration. For one example: https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/letters/noaa-barry-myers-senate/ https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/letters/noaa-...

> This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so. Source?

by mp05 1y ago

> This is part of the plan to gut and privatize NOAA because the billionaire behind AccuWeather says so. Source?

random3 1y ago

It’s an opinion - he/she is the source

kristopolous 1y ago
It's explicitly stated as an intentional plan, out in the open, loudly, documented, widely reported, going back many years in many outlets, both domestically and internationally. If your head is so far up the right wing bullshit machine that you can't bother to find out this extremely widely documented fact then this comment isn't going to help you. Keep drinking that koolaid brother
chneu 1y ago
It's quite literally a stated goal of several people involved in the current administration. So, not an opinion. The sources are the dozens of times they've said they want to shutter NOAA.

jrflowers 1y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Myers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Myers >Myers faced criticism in 2005 when he supported the National Weather Service Duties Act of 2005, a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) that some argued would have prohibited the National Weather Service from publishing weather data to the public when private-sector entities, such as AccuWeather, perform the same function commercially.[34]

alabastervlog 1y ago

Trump tried to nominate the CEO of accuweather to run NOAA his first term, but was blocked. That CEO has lobbied to get Congress to limit the services NOAA provides so it doesn’t “compete” with companies like accuweather. https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuweather/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/14/politics/noaa-nominee-accuwea... Project 2025 calls for moves similar to that. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-project-2025-says-about-the-national-weather-service-and-noaa https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-pro... Key quotes: > The document describes NOAA as a primary component “of the climate change alarm industry” and said it “should be broken up and downsized.” > Project 2025 would not outright end the National Weather Service. It says the agency “should focus on its data-gathering services,” and “should fully commercialize its forecasting operations.” > It said that “commercialization of weather technologies should be prioritized to ensure that taxpayer dollars are invested in the most cost-efficient technologies for high quality research and weather data.” Investing in commercial partners will increase competition, Project 2025 said. Should be enough from here for you to find your way with Google to further details, including the primary sources on the P2025 stuff.

joshuaturner 1y ago

> The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should be dismantled and many of its functions eliminated, sent to other agencies, privatized, or placed under the control of states and territories. https://web.archive.org/web/20241129041037/https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_CHAPTER-21.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20241129041037/https://static.pr... Also worth noting AccuWeather CEO was nominated to lead NOAA in 2017 by Trump but withdrew after waiting more than 2 years for Senate confirmation.

thesuperbigfrog 1y ago

'Project 2025 would not outright end the National Weather Service. It says the agency “should focus on its data-gathering services,” and “should fully commercialize its forecasting operations.” It said that “commercialization of weather technologies should be prioritized to ensure that taxpayer dollars are invested in the most cost-efficient technologies for high quality research and weather data.” Investing in commercial partners will increase competition, Project 2025 said.' Source: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-project-2025-says-about-the-national-weather-service-and-noaa https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/fact-checking-what-pro...

digdugdirk 1y ago

... This isn't even difficult to find, and it was a major issue during the first Trump administration. For one example: https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/letters/noaa-barry-myers-senate/ https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/letters/noaa-...