The country's highest climate and climate watchdogs are the latest targets for layoffs within the federal government, according to Democrats speaking out against the Trump administration.
At least 880 workers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the country's National Weather Service, were fired Thursday, D-Wash Sen. Maria Cantwell said in a press release as the Trump administration works to reduce and cut federal costs.
“Dismissals put our ability to predict and respond to extreme weather events such as hurricanes, wildfires, and floods.
D-Md. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, of the group, supported Cantwell's claim in a post on Thursday, X. “We've learned today that Trump and Musk are firing hundreds of important NOAA employees.
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Democrats say Musk is behind the NOAA layoffs. (Getty Images)
Another Democrat, Rep. Grace Meng, DN.Y., also reported “merciless” mass shootings at the weather agency.
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“Again, the reckless Trump administration is causing great harm to the American people. Today, hundreds of employees of the National Marine and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including the National Weather Service (NWS), have been given notices of fire without a valid reason,” Meng wrote in a statement.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference held at Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland on February 20, 2025. (Andrew Harnik)
The reported layoffs said Van Hollen would come a few weeks after hearing a report that Elon Musk's Government Efficiency (DOGE) was “targeting” weather agencies in early February.
Daniel Swain, Climate scientists at UCLA wrote that the cut was “very uneasy” and was affected, and “it was responsible for meteorologists, computer scientists who are responsible for maintaining and upgrading weather forecast models, and engineers responsible for maintaining the country's weather instrumentation network.
More than 800 employees reportedly were fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week. (AP image)
“This is, in short, not an acceptable setting for “moving quickly and breaking things.” ”
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A NOAA spokesman told Fox News Digital “According to years of practice, we have not discussed internal HR and management issues.”
