Post AvrLEsoZlpbLUfo83c by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #AvrKM037AgEC0JRBlQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:20:15Z
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Websites hosting major US #climate reports taken downWebsites that displayed legally mandated US national climate assessments seem to have disappeared, making it harder for #state & #local governments & the #public to learn what to expect in their backyards from a warming world. #law #EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Trump #USpol https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-national-assessment-nasa-white-house-057cec699caef90832d8b10f21a6ffe8
(DIR) Post #AvrKWthB8QLfU2NDQO by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:22:15Z
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Scientists said the peer-reviewed authoritative reports save money & lives. Websites for the national assessments & the #US #Global Change Research Program were down Monday & Tuesday with no links, notes or referrals elsewhere. The White House, which was responsible for the assessments, said the information will be housed within #NASA to comply with the #law, but gave no further details [& new NASA sites aren’t available].#EnvironmentalLaw #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Trump #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvrKcFFKR9L7lntf6m by ghornet17@mastodon.online
2025-07-06T14:23:09Z
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@Nonilex Next up: STARLINK will be signing a contract (for more money than those evils saved) to privatize weather warnings It’s a scam
(DIR) Post #AvrKjHBVd1LdoDSlge by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:24:29Z
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Searches on #NASA websites did not turn them up. NASA did not respond to requests for info. #NOAA, which coordinated the assessments, did not respond to repeated inquiries.“It’s critical for decision makers across the country to know what the science in the National Climate Assessment is. That is the most reliable & well-reviewed source of information about #climate that exists for the #UnitedStates,” said University of Arizona climate scientist Kathy Jacobs, who coordinated the 2014 report.
(DIR) Post #AvrKuShN9zbWhihV44 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:26:29Z
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“It’s a sad day for the #UnitedStates if it is true that the National Climate Assessment is no longer available,” Jacobs said. “This is evidence of serious tampering with the #facts & with people’s access to #information, & it actually may increase the risk of people being harmed by climate-related impacts.”#law #EnvironmentalLaw #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Trump #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvrKvW5k1widW7bNZY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:26:42Z
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Harvard #climate scientist John Holdren, who was President #Obama’s #science advisor & whose office directed the assessments, said after the 2014 edition he visited governors, mayors & other local officials who told him how useful the 841-page report was. It helped them decide whether to raise roads, build seawalls & even move hospital generators from basements to roofs, he said.#law #EnvironmentalLaw #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Trump #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvrL7et19oxcGiRLma by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:28:53Z
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“This is a #government resource paid for by the #taxpayer to provide the #information that really is the primary source of information for any city, state or federal agency who’s trying to prepare for the impacts of a changing climate,” said Texas Tech #climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, a volunteer author for several editions of the report.Copies of past reports are still squirreled away in #NOAA’s library. #NASA’s open #science data repository includes dead links to the assessment site.
(DIR) Post #AvrLEsoZlpbLUfo83c by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:30:11Z
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The most recent report, issued in 2023, included an interactive atlas that zoomed down to the county level. It found that #ClimateChange is affecting people’s #security, #health & livelihoods in every corner of the country in different ways, with minority & Native American communities often disproportionately at risk.#law #EnvironmentalLaw #Climate #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #WeatherPreparedness #Trump #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvrLS3A4c3eNLe8or2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:32:30Z
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The 1990 #Global Change Research Act requires a national #climate assessment every 4 years & directs the president to establish an interagency #UnitedStates Global Change Research Program. In the spring, the #Trump admin told the volunteer authors of the next climate assessment that their services weren’t needed & ended the contract with the private firm that helps coordinate the website & report.#law #EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #ExtremeWeather #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvrLfj2cDTYF05Apxg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:34:40Z
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Additionally, NOAA’s main climate.gov website was recently forwarded to a different #NOAA website. Social media & blogs at NOAA & #NASA about #climate impacts for the general #public were cut or eliminated.“It’s part of a horrifying big picture,” Holdren said. “It’s just an appalling whole demolition of #science infrastructure.”#law #EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #ExtremeWeather #Trump #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvrLpHlmSxR3JarGYC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:36:45Z
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The national assessments are more useful than international #climate reports put out by the #UN every 7 or so years because they are more localized & more detailed, Hayhoe & Jacobs said.The national reports are not only peer reviewed by other scientists, but examined for accuracy by the National Academy of Sciences, federal agencies, the staff & the public.Hiding the reports would be #censoring #science, Jacobs said.#law #EnvironmentalLaw #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Trump #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvrLuzhQZ0IH0bXmue by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-07-06T14:37:47Z
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And it’s #dangerous for the country, Hayhoe said, comparing it to steering a car on a curving road by only looking through the rearview mirror: “And now, more than ever, we need to be looking ahead to do everything it takes to make it around that curve safely. It’s like our windshield’s being painted over.”#law #EnvironmentalLaw #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #ExtremeWeather #Trump #USpol
(DIR) Post #AvrOcTliqHiicxPqGe by pthenq1@mastodon.la
2025-07-06T15:08:01Z
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"Las búsquedas en los sitios web de la NASA no los encontraron. La NASA no respondió a las solicitudes de información. La NOAA, que coordinó las evaluaciones, tampoco respondió a las reiteradas consultas.“Es fundamental que los responsables de la toma de decisiones en todo el país conozcan la base científica de la Evaluación Nacional del Clima. Es la fuente de información sobre el clima más fiable y mejor revisada que existe para los Estados Unidos”, declaró Kathy Jacobs, climatóloga de la Universidad de Arizona y coordinadora del informe de 2014."@Nonilex
(DIR) Post #AvrPDESiiLf7rz3LYO by nnschneider@mastodon.social
2025-07-06T15:14:40Z
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@Nonilex I hate how many more people are going to die for this stupidity
(DIR) Post #AvrfYdptAYH9ue7XIO by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-07-06T18:17:47Z
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@Nonilex That is THE perfect analogy
(DIR) Post #AvrfhVX7PM3slhZJOi by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-07-06T18:19:25Z
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@Nonilex We are screwed.