The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.
The announcement came one week after Gov. Janet Mills sparred publicly with President Donald Trump at the White House about his executive order on transgender athletes. There is no indication that any of the other 33 Sea Grant programs around the country are facing funding cuts — at least for now.
University of Maine System officials said they were notified Friday of the decision, which immediately halts millions of dollars in funding. NOAA, which operates under the U.S. Department of Commerce, sent a termination letter to Christopher Boynton ...
Hundreds of employees were cut from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration late last week, including the National Weather Service.
The Trump administration’s abrupt decision to terminate over $4.5 million in federal funding for the Maine Sea Grant program has raised alarms.
Healthy coastal ecosystems play crucial roles in the U.S. economy, from supporting multibillion-dollar fisheries and tourism industries to protecting coastlines from storms.
NOAA said it would "renegotiate" $1.2 million in funding for the University of Maine research and education program after Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) met
The University of Maine was notified by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), that all federal funding for the Maine Sea Grant program would be terminated effective
Maine appears to be the only state whose federal grant boosting research and economic development for coastal communities was terminated. The University of Maine said it was notified late Friday
The bill would create three new initiatives, largely in response to the recommendations of a state climate resilience commission.