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Weather forecasts at risk over budget cuts
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Automatic budget cuts set to take effect March 1 could add to the woes of the federal government's troubled weather satellite programs, jeopardizing future forecasts, a top official said Friday. "It's not going to be pretty,' outgoing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco said of the package of across-the-board spending cuts known as "sequestration.' "The sequester has the potential to wreak havoc with so many different things, and satellites loom large within...
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