Mission Creep...
How NASA GISS and Climate.gov Drain Taxpayer Dollars
Dr. Matthew Wielicki
Jun 11, 2025
To effectively market propaganda as science, one must first capture influential government and academic institutions. This disturbing playbook is exactly what climate alarmists have executed over recent decades, transforming respected public institutions into advocacy-driven cash cows. By converting objective scientific inquiry into politically motivated fearmongering, these institutions have effectively secured an endless stream of taxpayer funding.
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When NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) was established in 1961, it was dedicated to rigorous, unbiased research in planetary atmospheres and astrophysics. Its founder, Robert Jastrow, envisioned a scientific powerhouse, contributing objectively and reliably to America's space and environmental exploration. Unfortunately, GISS today has become almost unrecognizable, increasingly resembling a politically motivated advocacy group rather than a bastion of objective science.
Why was this dramatic shift necessary? The answer is simple yet alarming: without the manufactured fear of an impending climate catastrophe, taxpayer funding for research would quickly dry up. Alarmism thus ensures continuous funding, justifying endless grants, inflated salaries, and expansive bureaucratic structures. This is the dangerous reality taxpayers face today… an elaborate charade masked as necessary science.
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