A number of federal employees in the National Administration of Oceanic and Air Country (NOAA), the American Federal Agency that monitors and coordinates the oceans and the air for the purpose of predicting changes in climate and weather, has received orders to temporarily stop communicating with foreign citizens, including those who work directly with the government The United States, I learned wire.
An internal email obtained by WIRED explains that the national marine fish fisheries service in NOAA received orders to stop “all international posts.” (Emphasize them.) The message states that requests extend to participation in international commissions and even emails “with foreign national colleagues.”
Email also guides NMFS-responsible for promoting seafood and sustaining US seafood sources-to provide the details of any continuous work with international partners to audit by the highest, including those in the US Department of Commerce, and NAA’s umbrella agency.
NOAA and the Ministry of Trade did not immediately respond to suspension requests. The motivation behind Incommunicado orders is immediately clear, nor is it clear that it will continue.
According to a source of knowledge of NMFS, it is granted to not reveal his identity because – as with other sources in this story – they were not allowed to speak to the press. “Huge exposure” due to marine wind projects sharing At international energy workshops, winds, conferences and summits.
The agency expected, for example, to host international colleagues and trainees this summer linked to the development of marine winds Working group Founded by the International Sea Exploration Council, the oldest international scientific organization in the world.
President Donald Trump released Executive order On his first day in the office designed for paralysis of wind energy. In the post -Ogv speech, He said to the pioneers of Rally: “We will not do the wind.”
According to another source in NOAA, Incommunicado orders extend to the satellite, data and national environmental information. In addition to collecting data from all parts of the federal government, Nesdis depends on a wide range of international partners. The weather and climate data in Nesdis is necessary not only for the safety of air transport, but also to combat drought, monitor the destruction of coral reefs, and protect the rail shipping companies against dangerous weather.
According to Neshsis WebsiteIt works closely with the European Space Agency, which provides access to data via a group of guardian satellites that EUTSAT, an international weather control agency consisting of more than 30 member states.
WIRED reported on Wednesday that NIAA RAJPAL, a former Twitter employee who seems to have no experience in ocean science and atmosphere, and the document editing force related to the agency’s work hosted by Google sites. The sources said that the orders came from the Minister of Commerce, Acting Jeremy Bilter.
Government records show that Rajpal now has e -mail addresses working with both the NAAA and Elon Musk. WIRED has also learned that Rajpal is included as an “expert” in a list of the employee management office, the government of the government of human resources, where the DOGE workers have installed the information collection information for federal employees who used to repeat the administration’s postponed resignation program.
Noaa was a common goal for conservatives, many of whom called for dismantling or privatizing its various functions.