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Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump
Read full article: Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with TrumpAs the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired.
$50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to carbon-removal company that helps Indian farmers
Read full article: $50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to carbon-removal company that helps Indian farmersA company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has won the $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Musk’s foundation.
Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staff
Read full article: Trump backs higher pay for wildland firefighters while DOGE cuts wildfire support staffWildland firefighters will keep a four-year-old pay hike under a GOP-led spending bill signed by President Donald Trump.
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
Read full article: The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources sayMultiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.
Firings at US weather and oceans agency risk lives and economy, former agency heads warn
Read full article: Firings at US weather and oceans agency risk lives and economy, former agency heads warnThe people who once ran the federal weather and oceans agency say it touches people’s daily lives in unnoticed ways and that massive firings there could cause needless deaths and a big hit to America’s economy.
Some in seafood industry see Trump as fishermen's friend, but tariffs could make for pricier fish
Read full article: Some in seafood industry see Trump as fishermen's friend, but tariffs could make for pricier fishThe incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes to seafood, one of the oldest sectors of the U.S. economy.
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Atlantic hurricane season shows no signs of slowing
Read full article: Atlantic hurricane season shows no signs of slowingWe’re two months into the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season and atmospheric and oceanic conditions remain conducive for an above-average hurricane season, according to the annual mid-season update issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.