‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa | Employees informed by email that their jobs would be cut off at end of day in move a worker called ‘wrong all around’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/trump-noaa-cuts-climate

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henfredemars@infosec.pub · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Another anonymous staffer called the laid-off workers “dedicated, hard-working civil servants who came to Noaa to help protect lives and keep our blue planet healthy”.

I’m afraid those goals are at odds with your leadership.

SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y

All fossil fuel companies, plastic manufacturers and all around polluters just got unleashed and are ready to go all out. Protecting the planet is not the goal, no.

water@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

AccuWeather has been working on this since 2005

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Duties_Act_of_2005

Zoot@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y (4 replies)

What's stopping people from just ignoring trump and continuing to work?

Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 1y

I'd imagine the lack of income, probably

silence7@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 1y

Not getting paid. Not having physical access to buildings. Not having working accounts on government computers.

Einstein@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y

Most people don't like to work for free.

TheBat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

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