From: EOS Earth & Space Science News
“Trump’s hiring freeze is different, said Jeff Ruch, executive director of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a Washington, D. C.–based alliance of local, state, and federal natural resources professionals. “It’s just the opening shot of a hostile takeover,” he told Eos. “More than this [freeze], we are concerned about the next shoe to drop, which will be a bigger shoe,” he said, referring to potential upcoming budget cuts that could be proposed by the Trump administration."