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The people who once ran the federal weather and oceans agency say it touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways and that massive firings there could cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’
Leaders at a key US weather and science agency are compiling a list of employees who didn’t respond to an email asking them to explain what they did last week, an infraction that both President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk have said put the workers’ jobs at risk.
Hundreds of weather forecasters and other employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were axed by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), climate experts and lawmakers told the Associated Press Thursday night.
NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk ... the National Weather Service, the ...
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2025 The latest unusual directive from Musk's team injects a new sense of chaos across beleaguered multiple agencies, including the National Weather Service ...