With Trump, is privatizing National Weather Service more likely?

With the GOP set to control both houses of Congress and Republican Donald Trump set to start a second term as president of the United States, a conservative agenda known as Project 2025 is back in ... Read More

Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts

Trump’s pick to lead the NOAA, Neil Jacobs, was chief atmospheric scientist for Panasonic Weather Solutions and is a proponent of privatization. The president’s nominee for another top NOAA post, ... Read More

Here's what it would take to privatize the National Weather Service

Recent cuts across the federal government have raised questions about whether President Donald Trump's administration will aim to dismantle and privatize the National Weather Service, part of the ... Read More

Would Trump privatize weather forecasting? What to know - The Detroit News

Project 2025 proposes breaking up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the parent agency for the National Weather Service, describing it as “one of the main drivers of the ... Read More

Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods

Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the National Weather Service could endanger lives. Read More

Trump's pick to lead NOAA pushed for privatizing weather data - WRAL

President Donald Trump's nominee to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration knows the agency very well -- he's the chief executive officer of a company that has fought over the ... Read More

Trump administration's spending cuts put National Weather Service ... - MSN

Hurricane season starts on June 1, and there are dark clouds hovering over the National Weather Service. The nation's forecasting agency has lost nearly 600 employees since President Donald Trump ... Read More

What Project 2025 means for your free weather forecasts if Trump wins

A far-right initiative driven by former Trump administration officials has its eyes set on privatizing the National Weather Service if former President Donald Trump is reelected in November. The ... Read More

How Could the Weather Service Change Under Trump?

President Trump tangled with its forecasters during his first term. As he slashes government spending, many wonder what that means for weather data. By Camille Baker As President Trump issues ... Read More