Epistemic capture
ECO-PRI-001
The Dismantling of NOAA: Privatizing the Weather
Active dismantling
The Trump administration executes a systematic demolition of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Through mass firings of 20% of the workforce and a budget proposal to abolish its primary research arm, the administration operationalizes the Project 2025 goal of dismantling the 'climate change alarm industry' and commercializing weather data.