Guest essay by Eric Worrall

h/t Krishna Gans / NotALotOfPeopleKnowThat; New boss appointed, immediately receives an email from an employee telling him what he is allowed to do. Employment terminated.

Top NOAA scientist is removed from his position after he asked new Trump-appointed staff to adhere to the agency’s integrity policy that bans changing research data to fit political agenda

• NOAA acting chief scientist Craig McLean was removed from his position in September
• McLean was forced to step down from his role after emailing new Trump appointees about the agency’s ethics policy, according to a NYT report
• The NOAA scientific integrity policy prohibits fabrication, falsification, or the manipulation of research data to fit a political agenda
• McLean’s email drew a sharp response from Erik Noble, the agency’s new Trump-appointed chief of staff
• Noble the following morning informed McLean he would no longer serve as the agency’s acting chief scientist 
• He was replaced by Dr Ryan Maue, a climate change critic and former researcher for the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank 

By KAREN RUIZ FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 01:35 AEDT, 29 October 2020 | UPDATED: 23:00 AEDT, 29 October 2020

The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s top scientist has been removed from his position after he asked new Trump-appointed staff to acknowledge the agency’s scientific integrity policy, according to a new report. 

Craig McLean, the agency’s acting chief scientist, was dismissed from his role last month shortly after sending an email to the new political appointees, including former White House adviser Erik Noble, the New York Times reported. 

McLean had reportedly asked them to respect the NOAA’s scientific integrity policy which prohibits fabrication, falsification and manipulation of research data driven to fit a political agenda.

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Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8888735/Trump-administration-fires-NOAA-scientist.html

NotALotOfPeopleKnowThat points out that, by their own now AWOL published numbers (see top of page), NOAA’s temperature records have been subject to some intriguing and substantial hockey stick shaped data manipulations over the years, a practice which apparently continued on Craig McLean’s watch.

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