News Science Rep. Hall Announces Committee Investigation into Unauthorized NOAA Climate Service |
Rep. Hall Announces Committee Investigation into Unauthorized NOAA Climate Service |
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Washington D.C. - House Science, Space, and Technology Chairman Ralph Hall (R-TX) today announced his intention to initiate a formal Committee investigation into the formation of a "climate service" at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Hall's announcement follows nearly ten months of Committee inquiry and correspondence related to actions by NOAA to stand up a climate service, triggered by NOAA senior official Tom Karl's statement in a press interview that "We've moved in. We're waiting for the marriage certificate, but we're acting like we have a Climate Service." Despite Karl's statement, NOAA is precluded from establishing or implementing a climate service unless explicitly authorized by Congress to do so. Read the complete story from Space Ref.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
