The appearance of Neil Jacobs, President Trump’s NOAA nominee, before a Senate panel on Wednesday was fairly revealing by the standards of these kinds of things.
Why it matters: NOAA is a major climate research agency, and its National Weather Service plays a huge public safety role — especially as climate change intensifies some extreme weather events.
- And NOAA is under extra scrutiny following the deadly, catastrophic flooding in Texas.
Here are four themes from the hearing with Jacobs and other nominees…
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