Scientists protest as Trump picks climate change skeptic for key NOAA post
President Trump has tapped a climate skeptic to help run the federal agency charged with overseeing the government’s research on climate change. David Legates, a professor of climatology at the University of Delaware and a member of the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank that denies climate change represents a serious threat to the world, was appointed last week to serve as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s deputy assistant secretary of commerce for environmental observation and prediction, The appointment ...
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