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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gabrielle Canon

Noaa fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals

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Fishing boats in Port Judith, Rhode Island. Scientists and forecasters around the world depend on Noaa satellites, studies, and intelligence. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Letters went out to hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) on Thursday, informing them their jobs had been terminated – again.

The probationary employees, many who performed important roles at the US’s pre-eminent climate research agency, have spent weeks in limbo after being dismissed in late February, only to be rehired and put on administrative leave in mid-March following a federal court order.

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