Archive for February 15th, 2010
Climate change office to reside in Commerce Dept. agency
While crazy Glenn Beck draws bizarre diagrams on a chalkboard in a crusade to debunk climate change, a more rational approach is emerging from a little-known agency within the Commerce Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA will become the Obama Administration’s hub for real, useful and actionable climate change information and services.
Commerce Secretary Gary Locke says NOAA is launching a separate unit, NOAA Climate Service, to address the nation’s “fast-accelerating climate information needs.” The agency is also creating a web portal for climate science and services. It will serve as a single entry point for the agency’s data on climate information, products and services.
