On this edition of Your Call's One Planet Series, former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) chief scientist Craig McLean discusses the impact of sweeping proposed budget cuts and what they mean for the future of the nation’s leading science agency.

Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposes a $4.5 billion cut, about 30 percent, targeting programs related to climate research, including the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.

The plan to break up NOAA is laid out in Project 2025, which states: NOAA's six main offices – including its divisions for research, satellites, ocean service, fisheries and marine and aviation operations – form "a colossal operation that has become one of the main drivers of the climate change alarm industry and, as such, is harmful to futur

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