Trump wants to privatize our weather forecasts. Seriously.
First, he plans to end the public sharing of critical satellite data that meteorologists rely on to predict hurricanes, floods, and extreme weather. Then, the Trump administration floated something even more outrageous: selling or leasing NASA’s climate satellites — including the very instruments that track carbon pollution and global warming.
They aren’t saying who they’d sell them to. They don’t even know who wants to buy them.
Let’s call this for what it is: a deliberate attempt to blind us to the climate crisis.
And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Cutting off this data won’t just weaken science — it will cost people’s lives. Just look at the catastrophic floods in Texas. This kind of information helps our communities prepare, evacuate, and survive.
SEEC Member Rep. Eric Sorensen — the only meteorologist in Congress — is fighting back. He’s using his position as a member of the important House Armed Services Committee to demand answers as to why Trump’s Defense Department is planning to stop publicly sharing data from its defense satellite network. These satellites for decades have informed weather forecasts, particularly for extreme weather events. Rep. Sorensen is demanding transparency, protecting scientific data, and standing up for every community that relies on accurate weather forecasting.
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