05-11-2019, 06:44 AM
Do you consult the NOAA websites, including their hurricane pages for your summer hurricane season forecasts? Then read on.
President Trump has nominated Barry Myers, the head of AccuWeather, as NOAA Administrator, in charge of the entire organization.. Myers has no experience running an agency the size of NOAA, and worse he has no scientific background. For 20 years he has lobbied the government to restrict NOAA forecasts from being accessible directly to the public, so Americans would find it necessary to watch “value added” private companies like AccuWeather.
Conflict of interest?
In the public’s best interest?
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) called Myers a “questionable choice” to lead NOAA. “Mr. Myers will have to work very hard to persuade me that he will run NOAA for the public good,” Schatz said. “[H]e will also need to explain why his service as NOAA Administrator will not violate conflict of interest rules and regulations.”
https://oceanleadership.org/trump-taps-a...cientists/
President Trump has nominated Barry Myers, the head of AccuWeather, as NOAA Administrator, in charge of the entire organization.. Myers has no experience running an agency the size of NOAA, and worse he has no scientific background. For 20 years he has lobbied the government to restrict NOAA forecasts from being accessible directly to the public, so Americans would find it necessary to watch “value added” private companies like AccuWeather.
Conflict of interest?
In the public’s best interest?
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) called Myers a “questionable choice” to lead NOAA. “Mr. Myers will have to work very hard to persuade me that he will run NOAA for the public good,” Schatz said. “[H]e will also need to explain why his service as NOAA Administrator will not violate conflict of interest rules and regulations.”
https://oceanleadership.org/trump-taps-a...cientists/
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