Defunding the Forecast: How the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” Strips Weather Scientists of the Tools to Protect Us

Part 5 of the series outlining the details of the OBBBA

As floodwaters swallowed neighborhoods across Kerr, Travis, Bexar and Comal Counties this past week, Texans didn’t just witness a natural disaster—they felt the consequences of policy. These devastating storms weren’t surprises; they were forecasted. But under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Congress is now gutting the very agencies and tools that make …