Donald Trump’s climate cuts left thousands jobless; Climate Reserve created a lifeline for 50 experts

Donald Trump’s climate cuts left thousands of federal workers jobless, prompting a new response. (Photo: Reuters) The United States’ climate science community faced a dramatic upheaval after President Donald Trump began his second term, with his administration cutting billions of dollars in research funding and firing thousands of federal employees across agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For climate scientists and officials who suddenly found themselves without jobs or funding, the changes came as a major shock. But amid the uncertainty, a group of former government officials and climate experts began working on an unusual solution: creating a new network to keep climate research alive outside the federal government.People were “in shock,” said Aparna Shrivastava, a former senior climate official in the Biden administration. As she spoke privately with dozens of climate experts who had lost their jobs or funding, many were still determined to continue studying a rapidly warming planet and finding ways to address its consequences. Yet the sudden cuts had left them with few options.The question they kept r...