In this blog series "This Affects You." it will inform people in the U.S. about changes in government that will affect them. In this blog, learn about Amtrak cuts, cutting climate science; and allowing more air & water pollution. The new budget cuts the EPA by 33% and NOAA who manages Weather Satellites and Fisheries, and various NASA satellite missions. Here is the info from legitimate news sources.
Trump wants to decimate Amtrak—but he envisions supersonic flights zipping across the country
Byline: Leslie Josephs, Quartz Date: Mar. 16, 2017
NASA has already been working on
supersonic aircraft that are both quieter and more fuel efficient than
previous models. Silencing these deafening planes would determine
whether they have a chance of revolutionizing air travel, saving
passengers plenty of time.
Trump budget slashes climate science. Why does that matter?
Publication: Christian Science Monitor, Mar. 17, 2017
At NASA, it would terminate four
satellite missions, studying carbon dioxide, geomagnetic storms, oceans
and aerosols, and the feedback between radiation and climate. NASA’s
Earth science research grants would also be reduced. Some of the cuts:
•Four NASA climate-related projects would be terminated entirely.
•The Environmental Protection Agency, which does significant climate science, would see its overall budget slashed 31 percent.
•At the Commerce Department, the
proposal “zeroes out over $250 million in targeted National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grants and programs supporting coastal
and marine management, research, and education.”
Donald Trump wants to shut off an orbiting space camera that monitors climate change
Byline: Tim Fernholz, Quartz, Date: Mar. 16, 2017
The Deep Space Climate Observatory is
an American satellite that sits in a special orbit between the earth
and the sun, about 1.5 million kilometers away from us. That distance
allows it to capture unique images of the entire earth. Today, US president Donald Trump said he wants to shut down those cameras.
The proposed 2018 federal budget tells NASA to forget about Earth
Popular Science, Mar. 16, 2017
The White House released its proposed
2018 fiscal year budget on Wednesday night, and the prognosis for Earth
Science isn't great. If Congress approves the budget in full, NASA's
Earth-observing satellite programs (PACE, OCO-3, DSCOVR, and CLARREO
Pathfinder), which are mostly still in development, are toast. And even
if Congress doesn't make all of the suggested budget cuts, the proposal
indicates the administration is shrinking away from the research that
most serves to benefit our own planet.
http://www.popsci.com/federal-budget-nasa-earth
