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Experts Say Attempted Mass Firing of NOAA Workers May be Illegal and Threatens Public Safety

Inside Climate News · By Bob Berwyn, Lauren Dalban · last updated
Weather forecasters, climate modelers, glacier scientists and crew members on research ships received termination emails, while a federal judge simultaneously ordered the Trump administration to rescind firing orders.

By Bob Berwyn, Lauren Dalban

Supervisors began carrying out potentially illegal orders to terminate many probationary workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday.