Trump Picks Aide Who Backed Him During Dorian Controversy To Head NOAA

"The acting chief of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) who backed the agency for siding with President Trump over its own scientists when the president claimed Alabama was in the path of Hurricane Dorian is being nominated for a position at the Department of Commerce, the White House said Wednesday.

Trump nominated the acting NOAA chief, Neil Jacobs, to be the under secretary for oceans and atmosphere at the Department of Commerce.

In September, an NOAA statement siding with Trump’s claim that Alabama was in the path of Dorian was widely rebuked, with former NOAA Chief Operating Officer David Titley calling it “perhaps the darkest day ever” for the agency’s leadership and “moral cowardice.”"

Rebecca Klar reports for The Hill December 18, 2019.

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"Neil Jacobs, Meteorologist And Acting Head of NOAA During A Turbulent Time, Nominated To Lead The Agency" (Washington Post)