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As NOAA leaders take fall for 'Sharpiegate', Commerce Department officials skirt by investigations
The NOAA leaders who bowed to pressure to justify the
@realDonaldTrump
inaccurate tweet during #Dorian have been faulted for doing so, while the Commerce Department officials who applied the pressure have escaped accountability. Original report/analysis:
Link to tweet
Capital Weather • Gang Analysis
As NOAA leaders take fall for ‘Sharpiegate’, Commerce Department officials skirt by investigations
By Andrew Freedman and Jason Samenow
June 18 at 5:12 PM
Senior officials within the Commerce Department have ducked two of three investigations into a controversial National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) statement issued during 2019?s Hurricane Dorian, in which they played a leading role.
This has left the public and policy makers with only a partial picture of what happened, along with concerns that the scandal could repeat itself, as we move further into what is forecast to be an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season.
While a scientific integrity policy investigation completed on behalf of NOAA Monday found that its acting administrator, Neil Jacobs, and former deputy chief of staff, Julie Kay Roberts, violated ethics policies in issuing the statement, that inquiry was incomplete.
[NOAA leaders violated agency’s scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds]
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Andrew Freedman
Andrew Freedman edits and reports on extreme weather and climate science for the Capital Weather Gang. He has covered science, with a specialization in climate research and policy, for Axios, Mashable, Climate Central, E&E Daily and other publications. Follow https://twitter.com/Afreedma
Jason Samenow
Jason Samenow is The Washington Post’s weather editor and Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist. He earned a master's degree in atmospheric science and spent 10 years as a climate change science analyst for the U.S. government. He holds the Digital Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association. Follow https://twitter.com/capitalweather
As NOAA leaders take fall for ‘Sharpiegate’, Commerce Department officials skirt by investigations
By Andrew Freedman and Jason Samenow
June 18 at 5:12 PM
Senior officials within the Commerce Department have ducked two of three investigations into a controversial National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) statement issued during 2019?s Hurricane Dorian, in which they played a leading role.
This has left the public and policy makers with only a partial picture of what happened, along with concerns that the scandal could repeat itself, as we move further into what is forecast to be an unusually active Atlantic hurricane season.
While a scientific integrity policy investigation completed on behalf of NOAA Monday found that its acting administrator, Neil Jacobs, and former deputy chief of staff, Julie Kay Roberts, violated ethics policies in issuing the statement, that inquiry was incomplete.
[NOAA leaders violated agency’s scientific integrity policy, Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’ investigation finds]
{snip}
Andrew Freedman
Andrew Freedman edits and reports on extreme weather and climate science for the Capital Weather Gang. He has covered science, with a specialization in climate research and policy, for Axios, Mashable, Climate Central, E&E Daily and other publications. Follow https://twitter.com/Afreedma
Jason Samenow
Jason Samenow is The Washington Post’s weather editor and Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist. He earned a master's degree in atmospheric science and spent 10 years as a climate change science analyst for the U.S. government. He holds the Digital Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association. Follow https://twitter.com/capitalweather
