Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report
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Key context: <p>Move by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is latest government rollback of climate science activity</p><p>The Trump administration has pulled its support for an annual report on the environmental changes across the Arctic, a region that is already heating up<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/16/artic-record-heat-shrunken-sea-ice-report"> four times faster </a>than the global average due to the climate crisis.</p><p>On Tuesday, Kim Doster, the communications director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), said the federal agency was withdrawing its support for the Arctic Report Card, which has provided environmental updates on the region to scientists and the public since 2006.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/trump-administration-arctic-environmental-report">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Move by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is latest government rollback of climate science activityThe Trump administration has pulled its support for an annual report on the environmental changes across the Arctic, a region that is already heating up four times faster than the global average due to the climate crisis.On Tuesday, Kim Doster, the communications director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), said the federal agency was withdrawing its support for the Arctic Report Card, which has provided environmental updates on the region to scientists and the public since 2006. Continue reading...
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