Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA
Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into an incident that centered on an altered hurricane forecast map in 2019.
The Senate on Tuesday evening confirmed a new leader of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, installing Neil Jacobs, the acting director during the hurricane forecasting controversy of the first Trump administration known as “Sharpiegate.”
Senators voted, 51-46, to confirm a bloc of nominees that also included U.S. attorneys and foreign ambassadors...
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