Loose Change: NOAA personnel moves might target climate science

The federal agency that has a lead role in the National Climate Assessment -- the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) -- has recently installed several new political appointees with a history of questioning or dismissing mainstream climate change science, potentially undercutting NOAA’s next mandated climate review. The New York Times in an Oct. 27 article says NOAA has reassigned its chief scientist after he urged the new appointees to acknowledge the agency’s scientific integrity policy, which prohibits manipulating research...