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NOAA administrator nominee testifies before Senate
The president’s pick to lead the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration testified before Congress Wednesday.
Senate considers Neil Jacobs, 'Sharpiegate' scientist, as NOAA administrator
Neil Jacobs has vowed to place science, human safety and technological innovation at the forefront of operations if confirmed ...
Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts
Privatization would diminish a central role the federal government has played in weather forecasting since the 1800s.
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Trump’s Pick to Head NOAA Faces Senators in the Wake of Multiple Weather-Stoked Disasters
Neil Jacobs, who was embroiled in ‘Sharpiegate’ during the first Trump administration, says he supports proposed major cuts ...
NOAA still confident in weather forecasting after Pentagon program ends
The Department of Defense's announcement that it would end a weather-data sharing program surprised some climate watchdogs ...
Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods
Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the ...
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'Stop mocking climate change,' former NOAA official urges Trump following Texas flooding
Former Principal Deputy Administrator for NOAA, Monica Medina, joins Morning Joe to discuss and why the country needs the ...
NOAA delays cutoff of satellite data for predicting hurricane forecasting
The program was initially supposed to be cut off June 30 to "mitigate a significant cybersecurity risk," NOAA said in an ...