So Cute!! 80% Of Registered Voters, And 58% Of Conservatives, Oppose Elimination Of Climate Research

Ed. - Gosh, that's too bad, 58% of conservatives polled. You just couldn't bring yourselves to vote for the non-penile candidate, could you?

As the Trump administration takes steps to dismantle climate research across NASA, NOAA, the EPA, and other agencies, recent polling shows that this move is deeply unpopular. In May 2025, registered voters were asked whether they supported or opposed government orders that would halt research on global warming. Voters were also asked if they supported directives that would stop federal agencies from sharing information about global warming with the public. Overwhelmingly, voters said they oppose efforts to shut down climate science and communication.

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President Donald Trump is seeking to cut or eliminate numerous programs that conduct climate research across multiple federal agencies. Budget proposals for the coming year paint a dire future for NOAA’s climate research programs. NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research would be cut completely, along with scores of collaborative research efforts across the country. The Global Monitoring Laboratory on Mauna Loa, Hawaii, is among many programs slated to end. This one is of particular significance because it carries out the world’s longest-running direct measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide and provided early evidence that burning fossil fuels is altering the chemistry of our atmosphere.

The administration’s proposed budget would cancel multiple ongoing NASA missions that study Earth’s climate system, such as the Orbiting Climate Observatories that measure carbon dioxide from space. NASA’s Earth science program would lose more than half its funding. Meanwhile, the Trump administration canceled the lease for the offices that house the agency’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which compiles the agency’s long-term temperature record that documents our warming climate. (Full disclosure: The author of this article is a contractor with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.)

The Department of Defense is abruptly halting access to the nation’s primary data source for monitoring global sea ice, citing cybersecurity concerns. The National Snow and Ice Data Center, which maintains a long-term record of sea ice at both poles, has announced that its sea ice index will cease at the end of July. This same data stream is also crucial for hurricane forecasts, particularly for rapidly intensifying storms. The data shut-off will occur during hurricane season, posing additional risks for coastal communities. That’s prompted dire warnings from meteorologists.

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https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/07/trumps-climate-research-cuts-are-unpopular-even-with-republicans/