silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days agoThe Trump budget proposes $0 for climate research in 2026www.commerce.govexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe Trump budget proposes $0 for climate research in 2026www.commerce.govsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square103fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoProbably a blessing in disguise. If they were funding climate research it would almost certainly be fraudulent science.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoThey had a corps of competent people with civil service protections who were getting paid out of that budget. They avoided committing fraud during the first Trump administration
minus-squareTinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoThis isn’t the first Trump administration. This administration doesn’t concern itself with civil service protections.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoThey are trying change things, but there’s a good chance basic stuff like measuring CO2 concentrations would continue normally with a nonzero budget
Probably a blessing in disguise. If they were funding climate research it would almost certainly be fraudulent science.
They had a corps of competent people with civil service protections who were getting paid out of that budget. They avoided committing fraud during the first Trump administration
This isn’t the first Trump administration. This administration doesn’t concern itself with civil service protections.
They are trying change things, but there’s a good chance basic stuff like measuring CO2 concentrations would continue normally with a nonzero budget