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Trump/Vought deliver a budget of terminations for climate research

Programs in Earth science, atmospheric science, ocean science, environmental protection, renewable energy, health, and more are terminated

• https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/NOAA-FY2026-Congressional-Budget-Submission.pdf

Many continue to ask 'Who is Russell Vought?' What is his role?

Russell T. Vought was the 42nd & is currently 44th Director of the US Office of Management and Budget.

He has a central role in shaping the Trump administration overall priorities, policies, budget, and direction of all federal agencies.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Vought

Vought launched the Center for Renewing America in 2021 after Trump was defeated for reelection in 2020.

He was a a principal author of Project 2025.

• https://apnews.com/article/trump-doge-russell-vought-project-2025-f403174299933b7e3a3b6ebd779c146c

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025

More Bkgrd: * https://www.axios.com/2022/07/22/trump-2025-radical-plan-second-term

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In its proposed 2026 budget just released (June 30, 2025),

NOAA closes all federally funded weather and climate research labs,

including the one responsible for maintaining the nation’s top hurricane models

NOAA Under Attack, Trump Administration Cuts in the Announced 2026 Budget Are Deep and Extensive

• https://substack.com/@alexsteffen/note/c-131099605?r=26n19&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action

• https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Pathos_for_NOAA_climate_research.png

• https://michaelrlowry.substack.com/p/critical-hurricane-forecast-tool

• https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/messages/2025/06/MSG_20250630_0345.html

The calamitous cuts include the elimination of all federally funded meteorological, oceanographic, and climate labs and non-profit cooperative research institutes across America. These world-class centers-of-excellence employ hundreds of the nation’s top weather and climate scientists and deploy key technology to help forecasters accurately predict the world’s most extreme weather. The history of many of the over two dozen labs and institutes slated for closure stretches back 50 to 75 years...

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