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.
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2025
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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.
AccuWeather has been working on this since 2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_Duties_Act_of_2005
What's stopping people from just ignoring trump and continuing to work?
Not getting paid. Not having physical access to buildings. Not having working accounts on government computers.
Homelessness, starvation, threat of police brutality...
I'd imagine the lack of income, probably
Most people don't like to work for free.