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title: "Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory project"
date: 2026-06-15
modified: 2026-06-16
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url: https://panamadaily.news/2026/06/15/lawmakers-fight-to-stop-the-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-a-386-million-ocean-observatory-project/
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  - "World"
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# Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386 million ocean observatory project

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 summer.

[Read the full story at PBS](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/lawmakers-fight-to-stop-the-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-a-386-million-ocean-observatory-project)