Trump Nominee to Lead Climate Agency Supported Privatizing U.S. Weather Data

Inside Climate News: President Donald Trump has nominated a businessman who has supported the privatization of weather data to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which oversees the National Weather Service.

The nomination of Barry Myers, the chief executive of AccuWeather, has raised concerns among some that installing a non-scientist with a vested interest in privatizing government data could result in the hobbling of an agency that provides a critical function in weather forecasting, oceanography and climate science.

"We've now had several nominees at NASA and NOAA who have really pushed the idea of privatization of government functions," said Andrew Rosenberg, the director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "That just flat out worries me."

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