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Trump Admin Fires Hundreds Of NOAA Climate Cultists

By William Teach February 28, 2025 – 3:00 pm



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President Trump fires hundreds of climate hoaxers at NOAA. https://theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/trump-noaa-cuts-climate…



11:15 PM · Feb 27, 2025

Let me ask: does the NOAA really need 12,000 employees? Heck, do they need 6,000 for what they do?

Weather forecasting: NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, water, and climate forecasts and warnings.

Climate monitoring: NOAA monitors climate change and helps with climate adaptation.

Marine resource management: NOAA manages and conserves coastal and marine resources.

Severe weather preparedness: NOAA helps communities prepare for severe weather, such as flooding and heavy rain.

International shipping: NOAA supports international shipping.

Aquatic invasive species: NOAA works to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species.

They had around 11,000 in 1990. Is this justified? Is this necessary? From the link

The Trump administration has fired hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency housed within the Department of Commerce, the Guardian has learned.

On Thursday afternoon, the commerce department sent emails to employees saying their jobs would be cut off at the end of the day. Other government agencies have also seen huge staffing cuts in recent days.

The firings specifically affected probationary employees, a categorization that applies to new hires or those moved or promoted into new positions, and which makes up roughly 10% of the agency’s workforce.

“The majority of probationary employees in my office have been with the agency for 10+ years and just got new positions,” said one worker who still had their job, and who spoke to the Guardian under the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. “If we lose them, we’re losing not just the world-class work they do day to day but also decades of expertise and institutional knowledge.”

What are they providing? Perhaps a better approach rather than wholesale termination would be to do employee reviews and see who provides value, who’s working, who’s doing good things, who’s working for the taxpayer, and who is working for the climate cult and their own personal beliefs.

It is not only laid-off employees who will be harmed by the cuts, the second worker said. Ordinary Americans who rely on Noaa’s extreme weather forecasts, climate data and sustainably monitored fisheries will also suffer.

There are plenty making the forecasts. Also, they rely on computers, and AI can do a good chunk of their job.

Further, most local TV stations have their own forecasting. I look at the local folks, not NOAA.

“There is no plan or thought into how to continue to deliver science or service on weather, severe storms and events, conservation and management of our coasts and ocean life and much more,” he said. “Let’s not pretend this is about efficiency, quality of work or cost savings because none of those false justifications are remotely true.”

So, if they have 11,000 instead of 12,000, will that make that much of a difference? 11,000 cannot make storm predictions and send out alerts? Get over yourselves.

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Good News: Antarctic Circumpolar Current Is Doomed Within 20 Years

By William Teach March 5, 2025 – 7:00 am

Remember how they were saying that the Atlantic Current was doomed, and then not doomed? I guess they moved their scaremongering to the Antarctic

Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current Could Slow 20 Percent by 2050 Because of Climate Change, Study Finds
Five times stronger than the Gulf Stream and more than 100 times stronger than the Amazon River, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is the most powerful ocean current on Earth. As it flows around Antarctica, it connects the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans and distributes nutrients around the world.
In short, the ACC is a complex marine “conveyor belt” involved in everything from absorbing heat and atmospheric carbon dioxide into the oceans to guarding against invasive marine species—but because of climate change, scientists now say it might slow down by as much as 20 percent by 2050.

“Might”? I thought this was supposed to be a scientific study, not reading a crystal ball.

Researchers used a climate simulator on Australia’s fastest supercomputer to model changes in the ACC given the projected ice melting and ocean warming under different carbon emission scenarios, as detailed in a new study published Monday in the journal Environmental Research Letters. While natural phenomena also release the planet-warming gas, humans have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide by 50 percent in less than two centuries due to burning fossil fuels, according to NASA.

And there we go, a computer model. So, this is all shite.

“The ocean is extremely complex and finely balanced. If this current ‘engine’ breaks down, there could be severe consequences, including more climate variability, with greater extremes in certain regions and accelerated global warming due to a reduction in the ocean’s capacity to act as a carbon sink,” Gayen says in the statement.

Yes, it is complex, and things are always changing on planet Earth. Climate cultists think things are always supposed to stay the same.



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Oops: Computer Models Show We Might Not Be Doomed From Atlantic Current Shutting Down

February 27, 2025 – 3:00 pm

I was specifically told multiple times, including by the Associated Press, that the AMOC would be shutting down soon and we were all Doomed. No?

Computer simulations show nightmare Atlantic current shutdown less likely this century

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new study concludes.
In recent years, studies have raised the alarm about the slowing and potential abrupt shutdown of the Atlantic end of the ocean conveyor belt system. It transports rising warm water north and sinking cool water south and is a key factor in global weather systems. A possible climate change -triggered shutdown of what’s called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC could play havoc with global rain patterns, dramatically cool Europe while warming the rest of the world and goose sea levels on America’s East Coast, scientists predict.
It’s the scenario behind the 2004 fictionalized disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow,” which portrays a world where climate change sparks massive storms, flooding and an ice age.

Yeah, the doomy movie which significantly over-estimated the time scale and effect of a big change to the AMOC. Because it’s an f’ing disaster movie. What you’d probably get is more like the Little Ice Age. Research has show that a big AMOC change was partially responsible. Because this happens, particularly when you put large amounts of cold, fresh water into the system during a warm period.

Scientists at the United Kingdom’s Met Office and the University of Exeter used simulations from 34 different computer models of extreme climate change scenarios to see if the AMOC would collapse this century, according to a study in Wednesday’s journal Nature. No simulation showed a total shutdown before 2100, said lead author Jonathan Baker, an oceanographer at the Met Office.
It could happen later, though, he said. The currents have collapsed in the distant past.
Still, the computer simulations should be “reassuring” to people, Baker said.
“But this is no greenlight for complacency,” Baker warned. “The AMOC is very likely to weaken this century and that brings its own major climate impacts.”

I trust these people saying this as much as I trust them saying this will happen by 2050. They’re climate cultists, their computer models are shite, and they should be tar, feathered, and driven from town. Anyhow, why is something that is probably not going to happen anytime soon news? Because the next talking point is that if we Do Something now it will forestall the AMOC nightmare. This includes taxing you more and the government controlling your life.

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Trump Admin Fires Hundreds Of NOAA Climate Cultists

By William Teach February 28, 2025 – 3:00 pm




11:15 PM · Feb 27, 2025




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President Trump fires hundreds of climate hoaxers at NOAA. https://theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/trump-noaa-cuts-climate

Let me ask: does the NOAA really need 12,000 employees? Heck, do they need 6,000 for what they do?

Weather forecasting: NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) provides weather, water, and climate forecasts and warnings.
Climate monitoring: NOAA monitors climate change and helps with climate adaptation.
Marine resource management: NOAA manages and conserves coastal and marine resources.
Severe weather preparedness: NOAA helps communities prepare for severe weather, such as flooding and heavy rain.
International shipping: NOAA supports international shipping.
Aquatic invasive species: NOAA works to prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species.

They had around 11,000 in 1990. Is this justified? Is this necessary? From the link

The Trump administration has fired hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency housed within the Department of Commerce, the Guardian has learned.
On Thursday afternoon, the commerce department sent emails to employees saying their jobs would be cut off at the end of the day. Other government agencies have also seen huge staffing cuts in recent days.
The firings specifically affected probationary employees, a categorization that applies to new hires or those moved or promoted into new positions, and which makes up roughly 10% of the agency’s workforce.
“The majority of probationary employees in my office have been with the agency for 10+ years and just got new positions,” said one worker who still had their job, and who spoke to the Guardian under the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. “If we lose them, we’re losing not just the world-class work they do day to day but also decades of expertise and institutional knowledge.”

What are they providing? Perhaps a better approach rather than wholesale termination would be to do employee reviews and see who provides value, who’s working, who’s doing good things, who’s working for the taxpayer, and who is working for the climate cult and their own personal beliefs.

It is not only laid-off employees who will be harmed by the cuts, the second worker said. Ordinary Americans who rely on Noaa’s extreme weather forecasts, climate data and sustainably monitored fisheries will also suffer.

There are plenty making the forecasts. Also, they rely on computers, and AI can do a good chunk of their job. Further, most local TV stations have their own forecasting. I look at the local folks, not NOAA.

“There is no plan or thought into how to continue to deliver science or service on weather, severe storms and events, conservation and management of our coasts and ocean life and much more,” he said. “Let’s not pretend this is about efficiency, quality of work or cost savings because none of those false justifications are remotely true.”

So, if they have 11,000 instead of 12,000, will that make that much of a difference? 11,000 cannot make storm predictions and send out alerts? Get over yourselves.

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NEW climate term, "Climate Repair"

Mentioned by Dane Wigington in Global Alert News, Ep. 498 on Feb 22, 2025.

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Climate (scam) Groups Worried About Bankruptcy After Trump Admin Cuts Cash Flow

March 1, 2025 – 6:58 pm

Do you have sympathy? I don’t. When these groups decided that they were going live at the taxpayer teet for their funding, and make lots and lots of cash for producing little, I have no sympathy

Groups frozen out of $20B in EPA cash fear bankruptcy

Eight nonprofits caught in a legal crossfire over $20 billion in Biden-era climate grants are racing toward a funding cliff.
The groups have been shut out of their accounts at Citibank since Feb. 18 because of a still-unexplained freeze imposed amid criticism from President Donald Trump’s administration.
On Tuesday, the standoff enters a new phase — groups will no longer have grant money to make investments or basic needs such as payroll and rent.
It’s the latest fallout from the Trump administration’s effort to claw back tens of billions of dollars from former President Joe Biden’s massive climate and clean energy agenda, including money that agencies had already legally contracted and even placed in bank accounts for recipients to spend. A senior federal prosecutor resigned last week after saying Justice Department officials had pressured her to launch a criminal investigation into the $20 billion in Environmental Protection Agency climate grants, despite a lack of evidence of wrongdoing.
The $20 billion comes from a program, called the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, that was intended to ramp up clean-energy technology finance in low-income communities.

OK, so, here’s the question: what have they succeeded at with the money so far? Anything?

One awardee told E&E News that it won’t be able to make payroll and would begin defaulting on contracts with project partners by March 7. It is trying to raise funds to cover the shortfall.

OK, so, try and get a loan. Reach out to like minded climate Believing companies, charities, and individuals.

The leader of one grant recipient, a coalition of nonprofits called Power Forward Communities, told POLITICO this week that it still intends to deploy its initial $539 million disbursement from the grant, saying he’s “confident” Citibank will honor its funding agreements. Citibank did not respond to requests for comment.

Uh huh. The money comes from the Climate Scam Act Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed by President Brandon in August of 2022. Power Forward Communities was created in October 2023. What expertise do they have? It’s made up of

Enterprise Community Partners: An affordable housing group
Rewiring America: A nonprofit that aims to electrify homes and reduce fossil fuel use
Habitat for Humanity International: A well-known nonprofit
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC): A nonprofit that specializes in financing projects in areas that struggle to attract private-sector investment
United Way Worldwide: A well-known nonprofit

So, what is the purpose of the over-arching group? Where is the money going? BTW, this is the group that moonbat lefty Stacey Abrams and $2 billion was linked to. Seems more like a shell company, like so many others, where money comes in, they take a cut, it gets spread around to the other companies, who take their cut, then contract out, and they take their cut. And there are a shitton of partners to spread the money around too. So far, everything is about “will be making investments”, nothing about “have made” or “have done”.
The other groups are not named. And the Politico article makes zero reference to what any of these groups have actually done. That should be the primary focus: what have they done so far. How many were created simply to glom onto the slush fund from the IRA.

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Your Fault: The Next Ice Age Will Be Delayed Because You Drive A Fossil Fueled Vehicle

March 1, 2025 – 7:15 am

It’s always something with this cult

A looming ice age? Scientists find a striking pattern in Earth’s history.
A group of scientists think they can now predict when the next ice age could grip Earth, but don’t worry, it’s not for a very long time.
An ice age should begin in about 10,000 years, but its onset is most likely delayed due to man-made climate change, an international team of scientists found in their analysis published this week in Science.
Scientists have long known that small changes in how Earth orbits the sun influence glacial cycles over thousands of years. This analysis is the first time anyone has been able to determine which orbital characteristic has the most influence on the start and end of ice ages, according to a news release from the University of California at Santa Barbara. The team found that the changes in the Earth’s climate, from ice ages to warm periods like today called interglacial conditions, synced up to the orbital behavior. (snip)
“But such a transition to a glacial state in 10,000 years’ time is very unlikely to happen because human emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere have already diverted the climate from its natural course, with longer-term impacts into the future,” said study co-author Gregor Knorr, of the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Germany.

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Say, What Does It Mean With Trump Designating English As The Official Language?

By William Teach March 1, 2025 – 7:00 am

I would think it is that English is the official language, and it can only last as long as another president cancels the EO

What Trump’s order making English the official language in the US could mean
As President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, activists and advocacy groups are alarmed by what that will mean for non-English speakers when it comes to immigration, voter access and other issues.
The order, which was announced Friday, will allow government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in languages other than English, according to a fact sheet. The move rescinds a mandate from former President Bill Clinton that required the government and organizations that received federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English speakers.
Designating English as the national language “promotes unity, establishes efficiency in government operations, and creates a pathway for civic engagement,” according to the White House. But some activists and organizations think the move is just another way for the president to stoke division and fear.

Is it stoking fear and division that most nations around the world have an official language (or 2)? Canada has English and French. Isn’t that where all those leftists said they were going to go if Trump won? Spain has Spanish. Poland has Polish, Portugal has Portuguese, The Netherlands has Dutch, most Muslim countries have Arabic, Italy is Italian, Greece has Greek, Germany has German, and France has French, among others.

“This isn’t just an offensive gesture that sticks a thumb in the eye of millions of U.S. citizens who speak other languages, but also will directly harm those who have previously relied on language assistance for vital information,” Vanessa Cárdenas, executive director of America’s Voice, an advocacy group for immigration reform, said in an email.

They could learn English, right? Anyone applying to become a citizen must learn and read English.

U.S. English, a group that advocates for making English the official language in the United States, believes having an official language provides a common means of communication, encourages immigrants to learn English to use government services and “defines a much-needed common sense language policy.”

Well, yeah. Don’t ask Democrats for common sense, even though all those white, urban, upper class liberal women white-knighting speak English.

Currently there are more than 350 languages spoken in the United States, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The most widely spoken languages other than English are Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Arabic.

How many of those also speak English?

“This executive order, while framed as promoting unity, risks dismantling critical supports like ESL programs and multilingual resources that help immigrants adapt and contribute,” Carrillo said. “Imagine families navigating healthcare or legal systems without materials in a language they understand, it’s a barrier, not a bridge.”

If they want to be a part of America they need to learn to communicate. Deal with it.

More than 30 states, from California to New Hampshire, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands have already passed laws designating English as their official language, according to U.S. English. Hawaii is the only state to declare two official languages, English and Hawaiian.

So, what’s the problem? Oh, right, Orange Man Bad.

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Major sudden stratospheric warming forecast, final polar vortex collapse of the season signals mid-March freeze

https://watchers.news/2025/03/02/maj...-march-freeze/

Summary:
The final polar vortex collapse of the 2024-25 winter season is forecast to occur in mid-March as a strong stratospheric warming event develops, potentially leading to significant weather disruptions across the Northern Hemisphere.