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Trump’s NOAA pick pledges full weather service staffing, but supports budget cuts
Neil Jacobs, tapped to lead NOAA, called for sharper forecasting tools and clearer public alerts, just days after flooding in ...
Trump’s NOAA pick stands by budget cuts, calls staffing ‘a top priority’
Neil Jacobs stressed a desire to see the more than 120 Weather Service forecast offices across the country be fully staffed.
Trump appointees have ties to companies that stand to benefit from privatizing weather forecasts
Privatization would diminish a central role the federal government has played in weather forecasting since the 1800s.
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Trump’s Pick to Head NOAA Faces Senators in the Wake of Multiple Weather-Stoked Disasters
Neil Jacobs, who was embroiled in ‘Sharpiegate’ during the first Trump administration, says he supports proposed major cuts ...
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Weather experts say accuracy of storm forecasts will suffer under budget cuts
Forecast accuracy for major storms and hurricanes have improved dramatically in recent years, but this capacity is being ...
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NOAA nominee questioned on weather warnings after deadly Texas floods
Neil Jacobs, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, faced a Senate committee confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods
Former federal officials and outside experts have warned for months that President Donald Trump’s staffing cuts to the ...
Who is Neil Jacobs? Meet Trump’s nominee to lead NOAA in the wake of Texas floods
President Donald Trump’s nominees for NOAA, Neil Jacobs and Taylor Jordan, will appear before the Senate Committee on Commerce.
NOAA delays cutoff of satellite data for predicting hurricane forecasting
The program was initially supposed to be cut off June 30 to "mitigate a significant cybersecurity risk," NOAA said in an ...