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NOAA Officials Backed Trump’s False Dorian Claims Under Threat of Firing, Sources Say

NOAA Officials Backed Trump’s False Dorian Claims Under Threat of Firing, Sources Say

On Monday, EcoWatch reported how National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials had sided with President Donald Trump‘s false claims that Hurricane Dorian would impact Alabama and against the National Weather Service (NWS) office that moved swiftly to correct the record. Now, new information reported by The New York Times Monday reveals that the NOAA […]

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    NOAA Officials Backed Trump’s False Dorian Claims Under Threat of Firing, Sources Say

    NOAA Officials Backed Trump’s False Dorian Claims Under Threat of Firing, Sources Say

    On Monday, EcoWatch reported how National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials had sided with President Donald Trump‘s false claims that Hurricane Dorian would impact Alabama and against the National Weather Service (NWS) office that moved swiftly to correct the record. Now, new information reported by The New York Times Monday reveals that the NOAA […]

    NOAA Directed Staffers Not to Contradict Trump on Misleading Dorian Claims

    NOAA Directed Staffers Not to Contradict Trump on Misleading Dorian Claims

    Can the U.S. under President Donald Trump still trust government-issued weather reports? That’s the question at the heart of a Saturday report from The Washington Post that leadership at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) directed staff not to contradict Trump’s claims that Hurricane Dorian would impact Alabama. The controversy began Sept. 1 when […]

    U.S. Meteorologists ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over 5G Roll-Out

    U.S. Meteorologists ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over 5G Roll-Out

    U.S. weather forecasters are the latest group to sound the alarm that the race to introduce 5G technologies may have adverse consequences. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S. meteorologists called the potential for 5G mobile technologies to disrupt communication between weather satellites “deeply concerning,” according to the BBC. The letter was […]

    How Meteorologists Predict the Next Big Hurricane

    How Meteorologists Predict the Next Big Hurricane

    By Mark Bourassa and Vasu Misra Hurricane Florence is heading toward the U.S. coast, right at the height of hurricane season. Hurricanes can cause immense damage due to the winds, waves and rain, not to mention the chaos as the general population prepares for severe weather. The latter is getting more relevant, as the monetary […]