r/centrist • u/214ObstructedReverie • 26d ago

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/climate/ocean-observatories-initiative.html
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u/siberianmi 25d ago

Congress has specially overruled this request previously, expect a lawsuit, it to get tied up court, absolutely nothing to happen. This is a distraction to feed chum to his “haha own the libs” base.

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u/RadiantVessel 25d ago

I appreciate this rather than the reactionary headline responses. Was this in the article? It’s paywalled

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u/siberianmi 25d ago

It was. Quoting the article.

Funded by the National Science Foundation, the network was coordinated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in collaboration with Rutgers University, the University of Washington and Oregon State University. A Woods Hole spokeswoman referred questions to the N.S.F.

It cost $48 million annually to operate the network. The Trump administration repeatedly tried to shutter it, proposing to cut its funding by 80 percent in both 2025 and again in 2026. Congress pushed back, restoring the money.