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Officials at agencies at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) claim there are too many records on Tesla CEO Elon Musk, “DOGE,” and its operatives to process requests for records.
President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed steep cuts to NOAA, a scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Commerce Department . Meanwhile, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has raised the alarm over Musk and DOGE operatives, who are involved in restructuring and downsizing NOAA and present a “direct and dangerous conflict of interest.”
PEER, a watchdog group consisting of current and former government employees, is particularly concerned about Musk and DOGE’s actions within NOAA’s Office of Space Commerce, the National Weather Service, and the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Services (NESDIS). They assert that “Musk and his team have unfettered access to sensitive NOAA databases that can substantially benefit Space X, Starlink, and other Musk enterprises” and demand transparency.
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Cutbacks at NOAA? But aren't they the people who relentlessly sounded the alarm about global warming 50 years ago and prevented the unending environmental disasters that we see today?
No, wait...
Aren't they just a bunch of useless bureaucrats who murmurred in their corners like mice, while the planet died?