silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoThe Trump budget proposes $0 for climate research in 2026www.commerce.govexternal-linkmessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up1444arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1441arrow-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 months agomessage-square109linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months 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-up8·2 months agoThis isn’t the first Trump administration. This administration doesn’t concern itself with civil service protections.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThey are trying change things, but there’s a good chance basic stuff like measuring CO2 concentrations would continue normally with a nonzero budget
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