The Trump administration is scrapping satellite observations of Earth that officials say go beyond the essential task of predicting the weather.

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  • TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Things we use to predict the weather are being scrapped. Don’t have to be a scientist to say weather predictions are going to be harder.

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    He wants weather to be inaccurate so they can deny climate research and say the world has always had this many wildfires, hurricanes and storms. You can’t trust those old temperature numbers the weather service has always been inaccurate.

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    He’s doing exactly what a supervillian from a movie would do. Or an enemy agent working for the likes of Russia.

    I still don’t understand why even Republicans support this clown. He’s hurting this country in ways that will be very hard to undo and even “owning the libz” won’t offset that.