President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to effectively reduce the Bureau of Marine Atmospheric (NOAA) Research by ending major research offices, according to multiple reports.

The Office of Business and Budget (OMB) has submitted an internal memo outlining major changes to NOAA. Politics, axios and New York TimesWho reviewed the notes? Reports show that NOAA’s climate change research would effectively halt if the administration’s proposal was made through Congress.

“To reach balance, we need to put a new emphasis on federalism and reset the right balance of federal and state responsibility. By eliminating federal support for awakened ideology, protecting the American people by dismantling vain and weaponized bureaucracy, identifying and eliminating wasted investments, according to the state of MEMO. (Related: Trump EPA reportedly has x Obama-era greenhouse gas emission disclosure rules)

NOAA is paid more than $3 million for an animated film that supports left-wing ideology and shells out “Planet Earth” over $3 million with “Teek and Tom Explore Planet Earth,” according to the Daily Caller News Foundation Reporting.

The White House, OMB, and NOAA did not respond to DCNF requests for comment and copies of internal memos reviewed by Politico, Axios, and NYT.

According to Politico, NOAA won around $4.5 billion in its 2026 budget, down from about $6.1 billion in its 2025 budget.

The OMB memo, called “passbacks,” reportedly cut NOAA’s business, research and facility budgets from $4.8 billion in 2025 to $3.47 billion in 2016, totaling 38%.

“The department now needs to act to align existing resources and activities with passback orientation,” the memo reads, saying NOAA’s satellite program should reduce “unsustainable costs.”

NOAA research is affiliated with NOAA and other arms from the Department of Commerce. Website. The research “provides a research foundation to understand the complex systems that support our planet,” reads the site. “Our role is to provide unbiased science to better manage the environment and manage it nationally and globally.”

The memo comes after managerial cuts on dozens of climate policies implemented by both the Obama and Biden administrations.Unleash” reduces domestic energy production and taxpayer-funded programming.

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