National Weather Service fires employees
The cuts could have life-or-death consequences, according to critics of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency.
‘An act of sabotage’: Hundreds of NOAA and NWS employees laid off
Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off in latest cuts to federal workforce
Some 880 employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were laid off on Thursday, a congressional source told CBS News.
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Hundreds of NOAA employees laid off in DOGE cuts
Mark Eakin, a recently retired NOAA veteran who ran its Coral Reef Watch program for many years, told the Miami Herald he was alarmed by the “indiscriminate” slashes throughout the agency, which oversees everything from cutting-edge climate research to day-to-day operations that farmers and fishers rely on, as well as life-saving weather warnings.
Elon Musk threatened to fire even more federal workers if they did not respond to his email demanding a list of five tasks completed.
Former NOAA officials warned that jobs cuts undermine critical weather forecasting and basic science that companies and communities rely on.
A factually incorrect posting has been making the rounds, including being shared by Elon Musk. Here's what we found.
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