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New York Times

March 13, 2026

Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab

The Cool Down

March 12, 2026

Governor calls for investigation into National Weather Service following ‘troubling’ incident: ‘Especially with the loss of life’

SpaceNews

March 10, 2026

Suspended NOAA satellite chief warns of threats to federal science programs

E&E News

March 9, 2026

Trump cuts threaten US role in global climate modeling

The New York Times

March 5, 2026

Feeling the Effects of 260,000 Federal Jobs Lost

The Guardian

January 4, 2026

‘The perfect storm’: Trump has left the US less prepared for natural disasters, experts say

E&E News

February 5, 2026

Trump cut science funding. Small businesses are paying the price

NBC News

February 4, 2026

Trump tried to gut science research funding. Courts and Congress have rebuffed him

ClimateWire

January 28, 2026

NWS chief warns of a ‘bumpy’ budget ahead

OutdoorHub

January 28, 2026

Senate Approves Funding to Keep NOAA Fisheries Operating Through 2026

National Public Radio (NPR)

January 23, 2026

How cuts to federal climate funds could threaten polar vortex research

Space News

January 13, 2026

Congressional hearing highlights military’s reliance on NOAA weather data

Washington Post

December 24, 2025

How Trump’s attacks on ‘climate alarmism’ have already transformed U.S. science

The Hill

December 17, 2025

Vought says National Science Foundation to break up federal climate, weather research center

Inside Climate News

December 8, 2025

As NOAA Funding Lags, a Critical Ocean Weather System Nears a Breaking Point

The Nation

November 18, 2025

The Deliberate Decimation of the Federal Workforce

Nature

November 14, 2025

Who will fill the climate-data void left by the Trump administration?

The New York Times

October 29, 2025

Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa

CNN

October 22, 2025

Trump ‘retired’ a database tracking the most expensive weather disasters. Now it’s back — and finding over $100B in losses

Financial Times

October 20, 2025

The costs of Trump’s campaign to censor climate science

E&E News

October 15, 2025

Scientists report growing problems with Pentagon weather data

Bloomberg

October 1, 2025

US Government Shutdown Curtails Key Weather and Climate Programs

The Washington Post

September 27, 2025

National Weather Service at ‘breaking point’ as storm approaches

The New York Times

September 18, 2025

A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem

The Guardian

September 17, 2025

Trump’s war on science leaves US public health experts reeling: ‘There will be lasting damage’

Seafood Source

September 15, 2025

US House proposes 40 percent cut to NOAA Fisheries’ budget

Bloomberg

September 8, 2025

How Trump’s war on climate science is weakening the US

Forbes

September 3 2025

America’s Ocean Research Fleet Is In Trouble. Here’s How To Help

Bloomberg Government

August 22, 2025

Trump Moves Around Congress to Cut Climate, Ocean Science Funds

Yale Climate Connections

August 7, 2025

Climate change brings more rapidly intensifying hurricanes; NOAA cuts makes forecasting them harder

Rolling Stone

July 27, 2025

On the Road With NOAA as They Face Uncertainty in Their Agency and the Weather

The Detroit News

July 20, 2025

Shipping industry, boaters fear risks of cuts to federal Great Lakes programs

Politico

July 9, 2025

‘People will needlessly die’: House Dems warn about weather forecaster cuts

CNN

July 8, 2025

Why ex-NOAA chief thinks DOGE cuts may have hurt flood response

Bloomberg

July 1, 2025

NOAA Budget Cuts to Gut Climate Research, Slash Jobs

NBC News

June 25, 2025

Fired, rehired and fired again, some NOAA employees get letters demanding money

The Gazette

June 23, 2025

Retired National Weather Service director says cuts could lead to ‘needless loss of life’

E&E News

June 13, 2025

Panel told cuts would harm enforcement of illegal fishing

PBS

May 23, 2025

How NOAA funding cuts could make it harder to predict and prepare for severe weather

TIME

May 21, 2025

Losing NOAA’s Natural Disaster Data Will Make Storms More Devastating for the Poor

NBC

May 20, 2025

House Democrats will introduce legislation to ‘save NOAA’

NPR

May 16, 2025

Cuts to the federal government may impact nation’s weather forecasts

GRIST

May 14, 2025

Cities, insurers, and the public used the Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database to plan for the future. Now what will they do?

WBUR

May 13, 2025

Local scientists, fisheries and weather forecasters feeling impact of NOAA cuts

NPR

April 9, 2025

NOAA contracts are being reviewed one by one. It’s throwing the agency into chaos

AP News

April 7, 2025

National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers

E&E News by Politico

April 7, 2025

NOAA halts upkeep of critical weather satellites

Axios

April 4, 2025

NOAA research websites slated to go dark get a reprieve

Axios

March 10, 2025

Exclusive: Senate appropriator pushes back on NOAA cuts

CBS News

March 9, 2025

NOAA to potentially cut more than 1,000 additional employees

The Washington Post

March 7, 2025

As NOAA cuts loom, scientists and industry are pushing back

Cape Cod Times

March 7, 2025

Rally for science: Woods Hole urges policymakers to defend funding for critical research

The Colorado Sun

March 4, 2025

Hundreds gather in front of NOAA campus in Boulder to protest recent federal firings

Reuters

March 3, 2025

Over 1,000 protest NOAA scientist layoffs in Colorado

Fast Company

February 26, 2025

Trump plan to slash jobs at NOAA. That could make it riskier to fly

The Hill

February 21, 2025

NOAA set to slash jobs ‘imminently’

The Seattle Times

February 19, 2025

Fearing Trump cuts, NOAA workers in WA hold ‘Save Our Science’ rally

Alaska Beacon

February 18, 2025

Hundreds rally at Alaska State Capitol as part of nationwide march focused on rights and democracy

NPR

February 15, 2025

Trump officials signal potential changes at NOAA, the weather and climate agency

Axios

February 12, 2025

DOGE plans for NOAA, FEMA could have big climate impacts

Grist

February 12, 2025

Trump’s budget cuts could kill your local weather forecast — and put you in danger

Fast Company

February 10, 2025

Trump wants to dismantle the agency that provides weather forecasts. It will make your life worse

KQED

February 8, 2025

If Trump and Musk Dismantle NOAA, Scientists Say Lives Will Be at Risk

Wired

February 5, 2025

NOAA Employees Told to Pause Work With ‘Foreign Nationals

The Guardian

February 4, 2025

Doge staffers enter NOAA headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats

NOAA

December 20, 2024

Value to Society

Bloomberg

March 18, 2026

Endangered Species ‘God Squad’ Convening Accused of Breaking Law

Deeper Blue

March 18, 2026

Environmental Advocates Slam Upcoming Meeting of Endangered Species Committee

E&E News

March 18, 2026

Greens sue Interior to stop ‘God Squad’ meeting

New York Times

March 16, 2026

Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law

E&E News

March 16, 2026

Senate committee takes up scrutiny of Endangered Species Act

E&E News

March 16, 2026

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ looks to ease ESA rules in Gulf of Mexico

Mongabay

March 12, 2026

If Florida reefs aren’t protected, storms will increase flooding & costs: Study

The Provincetown Independent (Massachusetts)

March 4, 2026

Trump Guts Protections in Unique Ecosystem off Cape Cod

The Cool Down

February 24, 2026

US officials spark backlash with move that could threaten ‘irreplaceable’ monument: ‘Should be preserved for future generations

Deeper Blue

February 10, 2026

Ocean Advocates Decry Trump Proclamation Rolling Back Commercial Fishing Prohibition For Marine National Monument Off US East Coast

E&E News

February 9, 2026

Trump opens massive Atlantic marine monument to commercial fishing

Mass Live

February 8, 2026

Endangered whales at risk after Trump ends Cape Cod sanctuary’s fishing ban, NE Aquarium warns

Nantucket Current

February 8, 2026

Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing

The New York Times

February 6, 2026

Trump Opens Marine National Monument in Atlantic to Commercial Fishing

Associated Press

February 6, 2026

Trump ends Obama-era restrictions on commercial fishing in protected area off New England

Press Release

March 31, 2026

Lawmakers and Conservation Groups Gather Outside Interior Department to Oppose “God Squad” Offshore Drilling Exemptions Threatening Gulf Wildlife

The Hill

March 25, 2026

California sues over Trump administration bid to restart offshore oil operation

LA Times

March 16, 2026

Oil flows through Santa Barbara coastal pipeline for first time in decade amid Trump’s fight with California

Bloomberg

March 14, 2026

BP Wins OK for First New Gulf Project Since Deepwater Horizon Tragedy, Worst Oil Spill in US History

Canary Media

March 11, 2026

Offshore wind farms race toward completion despite Trump’s attacks

Bloomberg

March 11, 2026

Trump to Invoke Emergency Law for Offshore Oil Producer Sable

New York Times

March 9, 2026

Trump Could Restart California Oil Pipeline With Cold War-Era Law, Opinion Says

E&E News

March 5, 2026

Interior proposes rolling back bonding requirements for offshore oil and gas

Reuters

March 5, 2026

US proposes to loosen bonding requirements for offshore oil, gas companies

Santa Barbara Independent

February 24, 2026

California Delegation Urges Trump to Abandon New Offshore Drilling Plans

Inside Climate News

February 19, 2026

Expanded Arctic Drilling Faces a Wave of Lawsuits

The Invading Sea (Opinion)

February 16, 2026

Mike Lee sets hearing on offshore drilling, seabed mining bills

E&E News

February 9, 2026

Mike Lee sets hearing on offshore drilling, seabed mining bills

Inside Climate News

February 7, 2026

New analysis warns Trump offshore drilling plan could trigger thousands of oil spills

ABC News

February 2, 2026

Another judge rejects Trump effort to block offshore wind, says NY project can resume

The Hill

February 2, 2026

Courts allow all five offshore wind projects blocked by Trump to resume construction

The New York Times

February 2, 2026

Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects

CNN

February 2, 2026

Trump’s attempts to kill offshore wind aren’t working

Inside Climate News

February 1, 2026

New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills

E&E News

March 24, 2026

House tees up debate on deep-sea mining, Trump mineral deals

The Guardian

March 23, 2026

Tonga PM welcomes US deal to explore deep-sea minerals amid environmental concerns

The Guam Daily Post

March 21, 2026

Guam vows to fight on as feds double deep-sea mining zone near the Marianas

CBC News

March 21, 2026

Seabed mining talks show key issues remain unresolved

E&E News

March 18, 2026

Feds mull expanded deep-sea mining in the Pacific

E&E News

March 11, 2026

NOAA advances deep-sea mining bid

Inside Climate News

March 11, 2026

Trump Explores Deep Sea Mining in American Samoa

Oceanographic

March 10, 2026

New evidence suggest breaches by deep sea mining contractors

Grist

March 9, 2026

Indigenous rights, the environment, and international law: What’s at stake at this week’s seabed mining talks

E&E News

February 23, 2026

Interior floats proposal to accelerate deep-sea mining

Mongabay

February 11, 2026

Indigenous concerns surface as U.S. agency considers seabed mining in Alaskan waters

Bloomberg

February 9, 2026

Scientist Still Diving at 90 Says Deep Sea Mining Won’t Succeed

Grist

February 5, 2026

Indigenous concerns surface as Trump calls for seabed mining in Alaskan waters

Atmos

February 4, 2026

The White House Wants to Mine the Oldest Biome on Earth

ABC Australia

January 31, 2026

Trump administration eyes US Pacific territories as it moves towards deep-sea mining

Pacific Daily News

January 30, 2026

Governor would support ban on deep-sea mining in Guam waters, headed to DC to lobby issue