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Lisa M (she/her)

@macrogirl.bsky.social
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Retired 30 year educator with a deep love of science! Dreams of being a Park Ranger! Hiker, wannabe naturalist.

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Lisa M (she/her) @macrogirl.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Junior Ranger programs are close to my heart. This censorship really pisses me off. www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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'Totally absurd': Junior Ranger items on Trump's national parks chopping block
The Trump administration is reviewing how kids learn about national parks.
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Ridiculous.
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Roxy @laboxalaroxa.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I'd rather be talking about the mysteries of the universe than thinking about the stupidity of this world.
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Lisa M (she/her) @macrogirl.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Fuck ICE. They are Gestapo.
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23/01/2026
❤️❤️❤️
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Becky Bolinger @climatebecky.com · 13/01/2026
For Colorado, December 1980 has long stuck out as the warmest December on record. December 2025 just beat it out. #cowx
Graph of average temperature for December for Colorado, from 1895-2025. Data from NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/01/2026
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up. Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes. More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
A map of the US with each 2025 billion-plus dollar weather and climate disaster geo-located on it. Source: Climate Central
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement… You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
In the wake of the execution of Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an ICE agent and a sustained boycott that dropped Spotify’s stock 10% in one month, Spotify confirms ICE recruitment ads are no longer running.
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Lisa M (she/her) @macrogirl.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
FUCK ICE.
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a poster that says abolish ice with a fist and a red line
Alt: a poster that says abolish ice with a fist and a red line
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The former oil executive/DOE official who held the all-staff meeting announcing the change repeatedly told the scientists who work on clean energy that she "hates" clean energy.
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'A Collective WTF': National Renewable Energy Laboratory Gets a Trumpian Name Change
NREL employees, many of whom joined the lab specifically to work toward its clean energy mission, are not happy about the oil-soaked leadership's moves.
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 02/12/2025
A storm system will bring accumulating snow tonight through Thursday morning for portions of Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. Travel impacts are expected, so stay ahead of the storm by visiting weather.gov for details in your neck of the woods.
Map showing expected snowfall amounts across Colorado and northern New Mexico for the 72-hour period from 5 a.m. Tuesday, December 2 to 5 a.m. Friday, December 5 (MST). Highest totals—shown in bright yellow and orange—more than 8 inches in the central and northern Colorado mountains. Surrounding dark and medium blues show widespread 3 to 6 inches across much of Colorado. National Weather Service logo appears in the lower-left corner.
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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Hey Megyn Kelly, 14-year-old Eloise would like a word: “If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good… because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.” Sound up! 🔥🔊 1/2
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Gutted by the Dems caving after the blue-wave wins of last week? Sick & tired of us snatching defeat from the jaws of victory? I hear you! Might I suggest you calm yourself, relax, take a deep, cleansing breath... then see if this photo of 2 pandas cuddling is of any help.
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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Wondering if this means they are planning to do something extreme and scared of the fallout. 🤔
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/10/2025
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the U.S. He wasn't replaced. Now, the wells are at risk of spewing planet-warming gases and contaminating groundwater.
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The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a Job
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Service’s chief petroleum engineer. He wasn’t replaced.
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 29/10/2025
We appreciate all the new follows - thank you for being here! Resistance Rangers formed after the Valentine’s Day Massacre, when hundreds of #NPS staff were fired without warning. We’ve been busy fighting back ever since, and are glad to join the #AltGov family: check out some of what we’ve done:
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Federal Workers United @fedworkersunited.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
May 2025: OMB tells USDA that SNAP is funded with a contingency plan through a shutdown Oct 2025: USDA withholds $6 Billion in available funds, blames Democrats for starving 42 Million Americans 🤔 Make it make sense 🤔
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Marshall Shepherd @drshepherd2013.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
My friend @katharinehayhoe.com is 1 of top climate scientists in the world. She knows climate changes naturally too. Geez. BTW, grass grows naturally but when we fertilize the lawn, it grows differently. Trees fall naturally in the forest. That doesn't make a chainsaw a hoax. It
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Rogue NASA @roguenasa.altgov.info · 23/10/2025
It’s basically a metaphor for the entire US government and, well, basically just the US as a whole at this point.
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Lisa M (she/her) @macrogirl.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Tomorrow is the No Kings Rally 2.0. See you there!
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 14/10/2025
“I was just a paediatrician, just trying to find something [with] literally no rocket science to it.” www.iflscience.com/how-headsets...
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 11/10/2025
Background image is a cloudy sunrise over water, with evergreen trees in the foreground. Next to an illustrated skull, text flows as if the skull is shouting: “NATIONAL PARKS ARE SHUT DOWN UNTIL GOVERNMENT REOPENS”. Text below reads: The Department of the Interior won’t let the NPS tell you what’s really going on in parks during the shutdown. So we’re telling you.”
Background image is a cloudy sunrise over water, with evergreen trees in the foreground. A round logo reads, “Resistance Rangers On the Air” and features a skull wearing a ranger-style hat and sunglasses, with crossed skulls underneath. Text below the logo reads, “A new episode of the Resistance Rangers podcast is out NOW! Listen for answers to your burning questions, stories from previous shutdowns, and real rangers talking about effects on people and parks.”
Background image is a cloudy sunrise over water, with evergreen trees in the foreground. A round logo reads, “Resistance Rangers On the Air” and features a skull wearing a ranger-style hat and sunglasses, with crossed skulls underneath. Text below the logo reads, “Listen to the rangers who spend every day fighting for your public lands! Like Comment Share Listen”
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 18/09/2025
US to retire its only icebreaker, stranding polar research - new article posted today by @cuboulder. The icebreaker is critical for researchers who study the changes on the edges of Antarctic glaciers and how they relate to climate change and sea level rise. buff.ly/oMAElHY #antarctica #glaciers
A ship with a red hull used for icebreaking in the Arctic. Blue sea with icebergs, glaciers, and mountains.
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Jared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
I’m proud to say that @noaa.gov and NCEI has released a 1 year retrospective on #Helene using ESRI Story Maps. arcg.is/aqCD4 Here is a brief thread of how this came to be and how NOAA can still do good things (even while wearing pajamas).
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Helene in Southern Appalachia
One year later: An event analysis and how we move forward.
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Skype a Scientist @skypeascientist.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
In short, we need more Archaeologists again. The First Lego League squads just keep rolling in. Spread the word among Archaeologists!
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Unsnivelized @unsnivelized.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Many thanks for this @hypoautonomic.bsky.social ! The @resistancerangers.bsky.social are the real resistance in national parks. Find out how to make good trouble when you visit this summer. www.resistancerangers.org/goodtrouble
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Good Trouble — Resistance Rangers
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 18/06/2025
Resistance Rangers here, were a group of 1000+ off duty park rangers fighting the good fight. When we first started in February we tried to reach out to them, but they never got back to us. Follow us for how to get involved!
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
A decision that will make Americans less safe, with little explanation. The article alludes to vague "cybersecurity" reasons.
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Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30.
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 23/06/2025
The dark dreams that haunt your nights may be leaving a deeper imprint on your life. www.iflscience.com/frequent-nig...
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Frequent Nightmares? It's A Worrying Sign Of Early Death And Aging, Says New Study
Bad dreams don’t just vanish with the morning light.
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Tom Di Liberto @tdiliberto.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Trump's Budget is out. For NOAA, it's exactly what the previous passback document showed. Trump administration eliminations NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research in its ongoing fight against science and reality. www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
Table showing FY26 budget numbers for NOAA from the Trump Administration.
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NPR @npr.org · 19/05/2025
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government. By @rhersher.bsky.social
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Where does your weather forecast come from?
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
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Dr. Katy Croff Bell @katycroffbell.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
New (homemade) stamps!! We're also working away on a few others. Want to support federal labs and offices around the country? Send them postcards of appreciation, or support those of us who are! Below is a link to NOAA addresses, also with links to NPS, FDA, NHS, USDA, & several others. Join us!
30 postcards to NOAA labs arranged in neat rows. They have a "HOLD FAST" NOAA logo stamp on each, and star stamps on most. The postcards are also adorned with stickers that say "You're Awesome," "You Rock," and "You Make a Difference"25 postcards to NOAA labs arranged in neat rows. They each have a teal stamp with an anchor and the words "Hold The Line"
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Lisa M (she/her) @macrogirl.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
'All-out assault': Trump proposes largest cuts in National Park Service history www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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'All-out assault': Trump proposes largest cuts in National Park Service history
The Trump administration wants to cut almost 40% of funding for the National Park Service.
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CIRES @cires.colorado.edu · 29/04/2025
“We have something that’s pure gold in terms of a robust research ecosystem that supports the lives and livelihood and wellbeing of not just people in Boulder and in Colorado, but people in the country and the world" — CIRES Director Waleed Abdalati www.rmpbs.org/blogs/scienc...
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Colorado scientists, lawmakers sound the alarm over proposed cuts to climate research | Rocky Mountain PBS
Colorado is the only state with multiple cooperative institutes. A leaked memo shows the White House wants to do away with them.
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Robin G Nelson @robingnelson.blacksky.app · 21/04/2025
The funny (crying funny not haha funny) thing about this is that my best friend is a toxicologist who studies air pollution and I’m an anthropologist who studies health and family/social systems . In 2025, Neither of us can do our jobs. The hits keep coming.
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 20/04/2025
Today’s #NoParksWithout: regional and national NPS staff who uphold our country’s legal and moral responsibilities to Tribal nations. We honor the stewards of this land since time immemorial. We demand that work to repair a long and violent history of broken promises not be derailed by callous cuts
Yellow and orange text on a background of a photo of park rangers with Tribal members in front of a lodge or tepee. Text reads: Thursday, we highlighted volunteer and youth programs threatened by cuts to regional and national NPS offices. Today, join us to demand protection for the staff that help parks fulfill our legal and moral responsibilities to tribal nations. Early conservation erased native communities and their stewardship of these homelands. We must not go back.Yellow and orange text on a dark background, with a photo of tribal members and elders standing in a green meadow in front of trees and a red barn. Text reads: #NoParksWithout Tribal Relations
The NPS Office of Native American Affairs supports the United States’ trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal nations—some dating back to the 1600s. Without this office, the NPS could not conduct government-to-government relations as mandated by law and treaty.Yellow and orange text on a dark background, with a photo of tribal members walking in a line, wearing black and carrying cardboard boxes. The man in front carries a red banner. Text reads: #NoParksWithout NAGPRA Programs
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 (NAGPRA) mandates the return of Native cultural items, especially human remains and sacred objects. NPS NAGPRA programs help parks follow the law and address this legacy of theft and cultural erasure.
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kerrilovesmath @kerrilovesmath.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
On Saturdays in Pittsburgh, we stand up and fight back! #standupforscience #50501movement @standupforscience.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social
Me holding a protest sign that reads “OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD BE ASHAMED! IMPEACH THE MAD KING”Several friends at a protest holding signsDog with protest sign marching in PittsburghMe holding a sign that reads “Can we PLEASE put the SMART people in charge again?”
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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Resistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 18/04/2025
We’re back again today to celebrate and FIGHT FOR ✊ our essential colleagues at regional and national programs threatened by a new round of mass firings Today: #NoParksWithout ✨youth and volunteers!✨ Comment if you’ve ever had an internship or volunteer experience that helped shape your career 💚
Yellow and orange text on a dark background with a photo of people in hard hats working on a project. Text reads: Yesterday, we introduced you to the critical science threatened by expected staff cuts to regional and national offices across the NPS. Today, join us to demand protection for the staff that support hundreds of thousands of youth, interns, and volunteers serving in parks across the country. They are not fat to be trimmed. They are our future. Press release linked in bioYellow and orange text on a dark background with a photo of a group of a dozen young volunteers sitting on a log with a park ranger. Text reads: #NoParksWithout Volunteers
Over 138,000 volunteers donated millions of hours of service to parks last year in citizen science, ecological restoration, search and rescues, trail maintenance, and more. The NPS Volunteers program provides training and support to make this incredible gift of time and talent possible.Yellow and orange text on a dark background with a photo of four young women in work clothes and hard hats. Text reads: #NoParksWithout Youth Programs
The NPS Youth + Young Adult Program creates formative experiences by partnering with service organizations to place young people in parks nationwide. These youth will be the next generation of park rangers and public lands advocates.
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 17/04/2025
The National Science Foundation has halted all grantmaking at the directive of Elon Musk’s DOGE as it sends all recently awarded grants back to program officers to ensure they don't support research Trump deams unacceptable, like work on climate change or diversity. www.science.org/content/arti...
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NSF halts grant awards while staff do second review
Action comes after DOGE team arrives at science agency
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Dorian J. Burnette @djburnette.com · 17/04/2025
Thank you @ametsoc.org and @nwas.org for your joint statement on the proposed elimination of NOAA research! The statement is at the link below and includes links to help you find your Congressional Representative and Senators. 🧪
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Stand Up for NOAA Research – The Time to Act is Now
The AMS is a global community committed to advancing weather, water, and climate science and service.
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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 12/04/2025
It's impossible to overestimate how damaging this would be for everything from routine weather forecasting, to modeling and tracking hurricanes, to preparing for climate change. Every American will be worse off if this happens. For decades to come. (Gift link): www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/c...
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White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled (Gift Article)
A Trump administration budget proposal would essentially eliminate one of the world’s foremost Earth sciences research operations.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Donald Trump has made himself—and by extension, us—the laughing stock of the world.
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Trump admin eyes major cuts to climate research at @NOAA. This would affect weather forecast accuracy in many ways -- the proposal would force the closure of all NOAA weather and climate labs & cooperative institutes. Via @nick_sobczyk www.axios.com/pro/energy-p...
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Trump administration eyes big climate research cuts at NOAA
The proposal, if Congress enacts it, would squash some of the nation's premier climate change research programs.
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Tom Di Liberto @tdiliberto.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
This is a 5 alarm fire. In normal time, the final budget would look nothing like the WH budget after Congress goes to work. BUT THIS IS NOT NORMAL TIMES! They want to implement this immediately for the fy25 spend plan! Congress is weak! Treat this as a death knell for NOAA and raise some hell.
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NPR @npr.org · 11/04/2025
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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