More NOAA employees may be let go, making 20% of staff cut
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the Trump administration to prepare to lose another 1,000 workers, raising concerns that NOAA’s lifesaving forecasts might be hindered as hurricane and disaster season approaches. The new dismissals would come in addition to the roughly 1,300 NOAA staff members who have already resigned or been laid off in recent weeks. … Some activities, including the launching of weather balloons, have already been suspended because of staffing shortages. Together, the reductions would represent nearly 20 percent of NOAA’s approximately 13,000-member work force.
Other weather and natural resource agency layoff news:
- Los Angeles Times: Opinion: In Trump’s war on NOAA, the losers will be Americans and the economy
- CBS News: NOAA to potentially cut more than 1,000 additional employees
- FOX5/KUSI (San Diego): ‘Traumatic times’: Retired San Diego EPA employee discusses federal cuts
- Forbes: Here’s where Trump’s government layoffs are targeted—as NOAA reportedly set to cut 20% of staff
