A brand new meteorologist on the Nationwide Climate Service’s Boston workplace is reportedly among the many a whole bunch of NOAA employees members who’ve been axed by the Trump administration.
Francis Tarasiewicz — who has been monitoring snowstorms, damaging winds and different native climate at NWS Boston’s Norton workplace within the final month — has reportedly been let go.
“Received ‘the email,’ ” Tarasiewicz posted on Thursday after the NOAA layoffs began. “This wouldn’t be half as hard to bear if I hadn’t fought my whole life through foster care and impossible odds to serve this great nation. This past month of serving my community has been the honor of a lifetime.
“The absolute worst part? I just met with management for my one month check-in,” he added. “Their feedback was that I was off to a great start.”
Tons of of Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration staffers received layoff emails on Thursday afternoon, because the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) proceed to chop the scale of the federal workforce throughout quite a few businesses.
Tarasiewicz was a meteorology grasp’s scholar at Plymouth State, centered on forecasting climate in New England.
“Another day of watching more great scientists getting fired for pretty much nothing except taking a new job or getting promoted,” WBZ meteorologist Eric Fisher posted in response to the NWS Boston group member being laid off.
“The axe falling at NOAA/NWS today. An absolute shame that will save us nearly nothing and lose us valuable services,” Fisher added.
The Herald reached out to NOAA concerning the variety of staffers being let go in Massachusetts and New England.
“We remain dedicated to our mission, providing timely information, research, and resources that serve the public and ensure our nation’s environmental and economic resilience,” a NOAA spokesperson stated in an announcement. “We aren’t commenting on what may or may not happen in the future. Per long-standing practice, we are not discussing internal personnel and management matters.”
NOAA has a number of researchers who’re very energetic alongside Cape Cod and the Massachusetts coast. NOAA manages the nation’s fisheries, displays and forecasts the climate, charts oceans, and helps shield coastal communities and infrastructure.
“These are American jobs that warn us about severe weather, protect our most vulnerable marine life like whales and turtles, ensure abundant fisheries, and maintain a healthy ocean for those whose livelihoods depend on it,” Beth Lowell, Oceana U.S. vice chairman, stated in an announcement.
“We’re calling on Congress to save NOAA from these disastrous cuts, while also protecting American jobs, communities, and the oceans,” Lowell added.
U.S. Home Pure Assets Committee Rating Member Jared Huffman, a California Democrat, stated the nation will “be worse off” because of the layoffs.
“People nationwide depend on NOAA for free, accurate forecasts, severe weather alerts, and emergency information,” Huffman stated in an announcement. “Purging the government of scientists, experts, and career civil servants and slashing fundamental programs will cost lives. My Democratic colleagues and I will keep fighting back in state and federal courts, in the halls of Congress, and the court of public opinion. This is a betrayal of the American people, and it will not stand.”
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, the main Democrat on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Associated Companies — which has funding jurisdiction over the Division of Commerce, together with NOAA — known as these cuts “illegal.”
“As I made clear to Commerce Secretary Lutnick yesterday: this action is flatly illegal,” Van Hollen stated in an announcement. “Americans rely on NOAA to provide both day-to-day and emergency weather forecasting, and NOAA also supports our communities by conducting vital research into environmental threats, managing our nation’s fisheries, and more. I can guarantee we will be fighting this action in Congress and in the Courts.”
