Read the whole package here. This week, Donald Trump nominated Neil Jacobs, the former NOAA head involved in “Sharpiegate,” to lead the agency. Below, McLean explains what he anticipates for ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, turning to the man who was his acting NOAA chief in 2019 when Trump ...

Bringing NOAA to heel was an expressed goal of Project 2025, which has described the agency as “one of the main drivers of ...

who was acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2019 when President Trump altered an expected hurricane impact map — an incident known as "Sharpie-gate ...

An investigation found Jacobs violated NOAA’s code of ethics in 2019 after defending Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama — the so-called Sharpiegate scandal.

President Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs, a former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) official involved in the “Sharpiegate” episode during Trump’s first term ...

President Donald Trump has again tapped weather scientist Neil Jacobs to run NOAA. President Donald Trump’s choice to lead NOAA has the scientific chops to run the nation’s primary climate and ...

Donald Trump has announced that an atmospheric scientist at the center of the infamous “Sharpiegate” controversy will lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Jacobs was later ...

That eventually drew criticism of Jacobs and his political higher-ups in a Department of Commerce inspector general's report on Sharpiegate. NOAA oversees the National Weather Service, National ...