US Hurricane Center will be examined, not shut down, under Project 2025 recommendations

Project 2025 is a plan to reshape the federal government if a Republican wins this fall’s presidential election. An 887-page book titled “Leadership Authority: A Conservative Promise” outlines its objectives (archived Here).

HisThe itage Foundation had been putting together a set of conservative guidelines ahead of presidential elections for decades, but the president in the name Project 2025, a plan to “institutionalize Trumpism” (archived) Here).

Donald Trump has he distanced himself from initiative (archived) Here), However multiple news sources reported most of it the Allies and former management members have ties to the project (archived) Here, Here And Here).

Project 2025 has been the target of many claims on social media, some related to Which AFP refutedand claims that the Trump administration will automatically terminate the NHC. mission It is wrong to save lives, reduce property losses, and increase economic efficiency by issuing warnings and watches regarding dangerous tropical weather conditions.

There is no such statement in Project 2025 or the Republican candidate’s draft campaign platformAFP was found.

Heritage Foundation senior communications manager Ellen Keenan (archived Here) told AFP on October 22 that the statement made in social media posts was as follows: WRONG.

He said the special text focusing on changes to the NHC, which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, can be found at: page 675 (archived Here) of the document and is as follows:

The Emory University School of Law professor said Project 2025 “makes clear that the NHC will be preserved, even though the NHC work product will need to be reviewed.” Jonathan Nash (archived Here).

“No matter what Project 2025 says or envisions, former President Trump has repeatedly stated that he has no connection to the project, had no role in formulating it, and is not part of its platform,” Nash said. he told AFP on 21 October.

However, many environmental and policy experts voiced serious concerns About Project 2025’s recommendations and the future of NOAA if they are implemented.

kat Alexclimate director at UC Berkeley (archived) Here), warned: “Project 2025 is a massive government funding cut and unwind, and the proposal for NOAA and its components is indicative of that effort.”

It also reflects “strong denial of climate change and support for fossil fuels,” he said in a statement on October 22.

Access to weather data

attorney for the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, Chris Marchesano (archived Here), he told AFP on 22 October. document tips aThe privatization of weather data and forecasts in the US is the privatization of services often considered “extraordinary” by the public, a move that could impact preparedness and response to natural disasters.

“Imagine getting your daily forecast through a subscription service that might be sponsored or owned by a flood insurance company or an oil and gas company,” Marchesano said as an example.

According to the lawyer, such reform would “take objective science away from the National Weather Service.”immorality.”

Marchesano, of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, also pointed to a section of the document about revamping FEMA: “One of the changes proposed as written would be to completely end the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which offers insurance at prices below 2014 levels of extreme weather.” fair rate for regularly affected states,” he said.

professor of environmental law at Albany Law School Keith Hirokawa (archived Here) said Project 2025 shows “anim“Positivity” towards NOAA.

“There are good reasons to believe that our climate information and emergency response capacities will be severely limited under the parameters of Project 2025,” he said in a statement on October 24.

Budget cuts

Project 2025 also calls for the “downsizing” of certain branches of NOAA, including the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), which investigates Earth’s oceans, atmospheric and coastlines. fields.

Juliette Finzi Hart (archived HereThe former president has been “very successful at silencing our work and zeroing out our climate-related budgets,” said the University of Colorado oceanographer who served in the Trump Administration.

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