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Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
SEATTLE — A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation asking it to reverse course on its plan to dismantle a sprawling ocean monitoring network, with House lawmakers going further and accusing...
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What happenedLawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project.
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Left / center-leftLawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory project
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Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration’s dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project
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SEATTLE — A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House committees, sent letters Monday to the National Science Foundation asking it to reverse course o...
Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory project
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Monday's pushback against the Republican administration's actions comes as scientists are set to remove instruments from the Pacific and as an El Niño event is predicted to arrive this summ...
