March 11, 2025

Hundreds in US climate agency fired in latest cuts

• Hundreds of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staff were laid off as part of efforts by the Trump administration to reduce the federal workforce, with around 880 jobs terminated on Thursday, according to CBS.
• Elon Musk, leading the Department of Government Efficiency , aims to reduce the federal workforce, with more layoffs possible on Friday.
• Congressperson Jared Huffman stated that the terminations jeopardize NOAA’s ability to provide accurate weather forecasts, emphasizing the agency’s public safety mission.
• A federal judge in San Francisco ruled that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, influencing future job termination processes.

’I was devastated’: Meteorologist among hundreds of DOGE cuts at NOAA speaks out. NOAA meteorologist Francis Tarasiewicz, who worked as a meteorologist under the National Weather Service in Massachusetts, says he received the dreadful news Thursday.

By way of FOX 5 DC and Ground News and NBC Boston

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