Longtime Climate Science Denier Hired At NOAA

[IcyPeas]

Unbelievable!!! Another crony hired who doesn't know what he's talking about.

David Legates, a University of Delaware professor of climatology who has spent much of his career questioning basic tenets of climate science, has been hired for a top position at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Legates confirmed to NPR that he was recently hired as NOAA's Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Observation and Prediction. ....

Neither Legates nor NOAA spokespeople responded to questions about Legates's specific responsibilities or why he was hired. The White House also declined to comment.

Legates has a long history of using his position as an academic scientist to publicly cast doubt on climate science. His appointment to NOAA comes as Americans face profound threats stoked by climate change, from the vast, deadly wildfires in the West to an unusually active hurricane season in the South and East.

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/12/912301325/longtime-climate-science-denier-hired-at-noaa?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

[pamdb]

1. climate denier

We can only hope that Bidenwill be elected and he can CLEAN HOUSE!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Biden will have a lot of firing to do.

[IcyPeas]

3. Starting with Bill barr, caputo, grenell , de joy...

Barr, Caputo, Grenell, DeJoy -- all installed for nefarious reasons. When unqualified, out-of-the-box names pop up for key posts with Trump, they're to destroy us. These are criminals, thugs & traitors. Dems need to address Trump as a criminal, not just a political opponent 1/6

Link to tweet

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. I want to see Barr marched out of his office carrying his stuff in a cardboard box

on the afternoon of January 20. The resignation of Cabinet officers is automatic when an administration changes, but I want to SEE him leave.

[SeattleVet]

9. I don't want to see him carrying the box...

I want to see the cop that just arrested him carrying the first of many boxes of evidence.

[BlueWavePsych]

5. This has got to stop!

Vote Drumpf out!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

6. Who the fuck was responisble for THAT?

[crickets]

7. Because of course. *sigh* nt

[KT2000]

8. Climate deniers make big $$$

wonder if this guy has and if so, will stop collecting it?

[moondust]

10. Fossil fuel plant?

Somebody should probably check out his ties to fossil fuel companies. Koch Bros. and others have pumped a lot of money into universities.

[IcyPeas]

11. Glad CNN just covered this also Washington Post. this is more scary trump news

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/09/13/noaa-hires-david-legates-climate/

The Trump administration has tapped David Legates, an academic who has long questioned the scientific consensus that human activity is causing global warming, to help run the agency that produces much of the climate research funded by the U.S. government.

Legates, a University of Delaware professor who was forced out of his role as that state’s climatologist because of his controversial views, has taken a senior leadership role at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The agency, which oversees weather forecasting, climate research and fisheries, has until now continued its climate research and communications activities unfettered by political influence. For that, NOAA stands in stark contrast to the Environmental Protection Agency and science agencies at the Interior Department, where the Trump administration has dismissed and sidelined climate scientists or altered their work before publication.
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The move to install Legates as the new deputy assistant secretary of Commerce for environmental observation and prediction, a position that would report directly to acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs, is raising concerns in the science community that this could be a White House-orchestrated move to influence the agency’s scientific reports.