Scott Waldman, E&E NewsOriginally published by E&E NewsAt least three prominent researchers who question the severity of climate change rebuffed the opportunity to take a senior position at the U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).The White House has been quietly working in recent weeks to reshape the leadership of NOAA with a goal of criticizing climate science, according to people who were contacted about the job.The revelation that administration officials approached multiple researchers with long records of casting doubt on human-caused climate change points to a political campaign to undermine mainstream science at one of the world’s leading climate agencies, experts and observers said.After the initial.