Trump Fires Up. This Time at a Key Agency. ‘People Will Die’

Donald Trump has decided to lay off several hundred employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It is not known exactly how many people will lose their jobs, but employees are receiving emails about it.

The US authorities have decided to lay off several hundred employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). An anonymous source in the US Congress told NBC News that the layoffs are to cover 880 people. A source in the US administration said that about 5 percent of employees are to lose their jobs, but the layoffs will not include people who are key to NOAA (e.g. meteorologists from the National Weather Service – NWS). In turn, a source at the National Weather Service stated that employees there have also been covered by the layoffs. According to the Associated Press, the layoffs are to take place in two stages (they are to cover 500 and 800 people), and CNN has determined that a total of about 800 people are to lose their jobs. US government agencies have not provided any specific data on this subject, and employees are receiving emails regarding layoffs. NOAA employs about 12,000 people worldwide.

The US authorities have decided to lay off several hundred employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). An anonymous source in the US Congress told NBC News that the layoffs are to cover 880 people. A source in the US administration said that around 5 percent of employees are to lose their jobs, but the layoffs will not include people who are key to NOAA (e.g. meteorologists from the National Weather Service – NWS). In turn, a source at the National Weather Service stated that employees there have also been covered by the layoffs. According to the Associated Press, the layoffs are to take place in two stages (they are to cover 500 and 800 people), and CNN has determined that a total of around 800 people are to lose their jobs. US government agencies have not provided any specific data on this subject, and employees are receiving e-mails regarding the layoffs. NOAA employs around 12 thousand people. employees worldwide.

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“People will die”: Dr. Daniel Swain from the University of California, a climate scientist, announced on social media that meteorologists, scientists responsible for the functioning of weather prediction models and technicians who maintain the national network of weather instruments are to lose their jobs. He emphasized that NOAA and NWS together provide economic benefits, reaching even several hundred billion dollars a year, and NWS saves human lives thanks to precise weather forecasts and warnings about extreme phenomena. In the scientist’s opinion, even temporary interruptions in the operation of NOAA and NWS services can end in tragedy. “Large staff reductions mean that people will die during extreme weather events and related disasters,” he emphasized.

Trump’s decision suspended: Federal Judge William Alsup in San Francisco has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s decision on layoffs, Reuters reports. He stressed that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) does not have the authority to order federal agencies to lay off employees. The judge said the mass layoffs, which began in mid-February, could be harmful.