U.S. to Fight Climate Change with Blindfolds and Wishful Thinking

U.S. to Fight Climate Change with Blindfolds and Wishful Thinking

In an ambitious attempt to save money by not knowing anything, the administration has proposed slashing nearly $2 billion from NOAA and gutting NASA’s science programs. Translation: America is officially planning to face hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and climate collapse with vibes alone.

This isn’t just “cutting some weather funding.” It’s decimating the backbone of science that helps keep people alive—the folks tracking tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and yes, even the color of the ocean (which, spoiler: actually matters).

Here’s just a taste of what’s on the chopping block:

Storm tracking labs in Oklahoma, Maryland, Colorado

Climate modeling centers in New Jersey

Ocean research hubs in Florida and Washington

The entire Coastal Resilience Fund (translation: “let the floods win”)

Earth science satellites, because who needs data from space?

Astrophysics, heliophysics, planetary science—gone, because the stars can’t vote anyway

This isn’t about saving money. It’s about shutting down the instruments that tell us the truth—whether that truth is about warming oceans, incoming hurricanes, or the fact that massive algal blooms could destroy coastal fisheries.

The wetlands? Cut.

Estuary protections? Gone.

Jet stream tracking? Not important apparently.

Satellites monitoring pollution and heat? Who needs ‘em!

Without this data, farmers won’t know when to plant, cities won’t know when to evacuate, scientists won’t know what’s coming, and coastal communities will drown in both water and insurance premiums.

So yes, you may save a few million now—by lighting the roof on fire to warm the house. But this is not budget efficiency. This is a slow-motion science lobotomy with a price tag paid in property, lives, and decades of lost knowledge.

America isn’t leading the world into the future. It’s unplugging the radar, closing its eyes, and stepping on the gas.