QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reportswww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1358arrow-down14
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minus-squaresprack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up99·1 年前It’s because the person that owns AccuWeather has been lobbying since Trump’s first term to close NOAA and give his company a monopoly on it. Selling forecasts, data and access back to everyone while using resources paid for by taxpayers.
minus-squarewater@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up73·1 年前AccuWeather has been trying since 2005: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Duties_Act_of_2005
minus-squaresprack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·1 年前Thank you for that link. NWS and NOAA deserve all the support we can give them.
It’s because the person that owns AccuWeather has been lobbying since Trump’s first term to close NOAA and give his company a monopoly on it. Selling forecasts, data and access back to everyone while using resources paid for by taxpayers.
AccuWeather has been trying since 2005:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Duties_Act_of_2005
Thank you for that link. NWS and NOAA deserve all the support we can give them.