Source: Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired | Trump administration | The Guardian ... Climate.gov, the gateway website for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa)’s Climate Program Office, will imminently no longer publish new content, according to multiple former staff responsible for the site’s content whose contracts were recently terminated. “The entire content production staff at climate.gov (including me) were let go from our government contract on 31 May,” said a former government contractor who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. “We were told that our positions within the contract were being eliminated.” Rebecca Lindsey, the website’s former program manager, who was fired in February as part of the government’s purge of probationary employees, described a months-long situation within Noaa where political appointees and career staff argued over the fate of the website. ... Bob Wilson
This is a part of a process. Someone thinks this expense is not needed. If someone else thinks it is needed, then a debate will follow. If no debate follows then obviously it was not needed.
<AHEM> Mutha Nature don't care. She plays by her own rules that the fired, smart people at NOAA pay attention to and follow. As for me: solar roof power EV and PHEV As for me, I am a "Greenback Yankee Dollar" cheapskate. Bob Wilson
"If someone else thinks it is needed, then a debate will follow." A lack of Congressional debate may follow. If it does not there are other interpretations than unneeded expense.
I'll send a separate letter to my Congress Critters and local Republican leadership ... but there are so many issues to address. Bob Wilson
