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Trump picks 'Sharpiegate' figure to lead NOAA |
President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official involved in the "Sharpiegate" episode during Trump's first term, to lead NOAA. |
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Jacobs, a onetime World Meteorological Organization scientist, was first confirmed as assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and prediction in 2018. He served as acting NOAA administrator from 2020-21 and was nominated as the full-time administrator in 2020, but never received a full Senate vote. NOAA is the nation's oceans, weather and climate science agency. It houses the National Weather Service, oversees climate science and manages fishing and marine life. In September 2019, after Trump apparently used a Sharpie to alter the projected path of Hurricane Dorian on a map to depict Alabama in its path, Jacobs was involved in drafting a NOAA statement backing Trump's projection. The storm did not ultimately make landfall in Alabama. A 2020 internal NOAA report determined Jacobs and then-NOAA communications director Julie Kay Roberts violated the agency's scientific integrity policy by issuing the statement. The nomination, first reported by Axios, has since been formally submitted to the Senate. Read more at TheHill.com. |
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E.P.A. Demotes Career Employees Overseeing Science, Enforcement and More (The New York Times) Texas regulators grapple with a growing problem: old oil wells leaking polluted water (The Texas Tribune)
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- Tomorrow, the Senate Science Space and Tech Committee will vote on whether to advance Howard Lutnick's nomination for secretary of commerce and a broad range of bills including those related to plastic in oceans, harmful algal blooms and fire readiness.
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President Trump on Tuesday suggested Palestinians should be permanently relocated out of Gaza, questioning why they would want to return after swaths of the territory was reduced to rubble after more than 15 months of war between Israel and Hamas. Read more |
| Congress has placed a hold on a $1 billion arms sale package for Israel that was readied alongside President Trump welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington on Tuesday. Read more |
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