Ann Arbor Earth Day rally defends federal workers, environment amid Trump cuts

Ann Arbor Earth Day rally defends federal workers, environment amid Trump cuts

Dozens of supporters, including U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell, joined federal workers from NOAA, the EPA and USGS to trumpet support for environmental protections and against federals spending cuts.

Tough to swallow: The Trump administration’s approach to food safety keeps getting worse

Those who backed Donald Trump last fall might not have realized they were voting to scale back food-safety safeguards, but that’s what they’re getting.

Virginia’s agriculture at risk after Trump administration’s cuts to NOAA

By Cora Perkins/VCU Capital News Service RICHMOND, Va. – Vickie Connors, assistant professor at the Center of Environmental Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, owns a small farm a little over 40 miles from campus. Two farmers maintain the 20-acre property,…

List of NOAA datasets to be discontinued

If you use NOAA data, now seems like a good time to download it before it disappears. A running list of NOAA data products covering climate, environment, and weather are scheduled for retirement over the next few weeks. I don’t keep track of NOAA datasets, so I’m not sure what products are just running their course and which are part of efforts to avoid measurements. For example, some datasets haven’t been updated in a few years and items furthe…