Trump officials gut 25 centers that monitor flooding and drought in the US

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Fri 2 May 2025 09.00 EDT
Last modified on Fri 2 May 2025 11.17 EDT


The Trump administration has ordered the closure of 25 scientific centers that monitor US waters for flooding and drought, and manage supply levels to ensure communities around the country don’t run out of water.

The United States Geological Service (USGS) water science centers’ employees and equipment track levels and quality in ground and surface water with thousands of gauges. The data it produces plays a critical role across the economy to protect human life, protect property, maintain water supplies and help clean up chemical or oil spills.

The targeted centers are part of a larger network, and the Trump administration based its decision to make cuts on leases near expiration, not scientific reasoning, said Kyla Bennett, director of science policy with the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility non-profit that is tracking the issue. The administration has not indicated a plan to fill the holes left by those that closed. “It’s not being done with any thought about human life, it was just ‘this seems so woke so let’s get rid of it,’” Bennett said. “People think water is free and comes out of your tap whenever you want, but it’s not that simple.”

The Trump administration has made few details available, but the leases were ordered cancelled by the General Services Administration, said a water center employee who requested anonymity to speak freely without retribution. They learned about the closure from their landlord, and centers from Alaska to Massachusetts will begin shuttering within four months.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/02/trump-administration-united-states-geological-service

[hadEnuf]

1. "It's not being done with any thought about human life, "

That's the whole point. What other reason could they be doing this for? Woke and DEI my frigging ass. They want people hurt.

[pandr32]

2. They don't care about us.

As they look the country we are on our own.

[IronLionZion]

3. If they don't monitor it then the problem will go away

poof! no more flooding or draught because climate change isn't monitored. No data to prove it so it's gone. Easy peasy just like most of this administration's solutions to everything.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. That's because

it is all a HOAX!!!1!1!!!!!!1111!!

[slightlv]

5. You said just what I was gonna say...

but you said it a lot better and more concisely than I could! It's trump's way... just like he opined about Covid!

[riversedge]

6. I really wish Mar-a-lago would get flooded out!