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Chuck “Charles” Bangley, PhD
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Marine ecologist, shark nerd, and extremely part-time musician. Working my way toward being a broken man on a Halifax pier. He/him/y’all.
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For the record, Project 2025, the blueprint for the incoming Trump administration, would privatize the National Weather Service, disband oceanic research (too climate "alarmist") and dismantle NOAA, which is the primary source of hurricane info. static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...

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.
• static.project2025.org NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION Break Up NOAA. The single biggest Department of Commerce agency outside of decennial census years is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which houses the National Weather Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, and other components. NOAA garners $6.5 billion of the department's $12 billion annual operational budget and accounts for more than half of the department's personnel in non-decadal Census years (2021 figures). NOAA consists of six main offices: • The National Weather Service (NWS); - 674 - Department of Commerce • The National Ocean Service (NOS); | • The Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR); | • The National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS); • The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS); and • The Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and NOAA Corps. Together, these form a colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate ch
The NWS provides data the private companies use and should focus on its data-gathering services. Because private companies rely on these data, the NWS should fully commercialize its forecasting operations.
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Chuck “Charles” Bangley, PhD
@dogfishwalker.bsky.social
Marine ecologist, shark nerd, and extremely part-time musician. Working my way toward being a broken man on a Halifax pier. He/him/y’all.
318 followers127 following136 posts
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