NOAA Scientist Rehired, Fired Again
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Fired, rehired and fired again, NOAA employees are caught in a ‘liminal state’
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Climate scientist Sarah Cooley is one of hundreds of probationary workers at NOAA whose jobs were slashed by the Trump administration in February .
When a federal court blocked the move weeks later , the workers were reinstated, but that was not the end of their turmoil.
NOAA employees say fewer people working at NOAA with fewer resources could whittle away the agency’s mission.
NOAA was forged under the Department of Commerce in 1970 by merging programs found in other departments.
NOAA 's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year would be about $4.45 billion .
NOAA ’s proposed budget would shave some $1.7 billion from its current funding level of $6.1 billion .
Climate research in general has taken broadsides from the Trump administration.
Losing out on so much good science from the cuts would set the agency back, an employee says.
It also signals to young scientists that there’s no future for them in the government.
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