Senate confirms scientist with ties to 'Sharpiegate' as top NOAA official

Neil Jacobs was assistant secretary for environmental observation at NOAA when Trump displayed a map altered with a black ...

Meteorologist behind Trump’s sharpie hurricane fiasco is confirmed to lead the nation’s forecasting agency

The Senate confirmed Neil Jacobs, who formerly served as the agency’s acting administrator during President Donald Trump’s first term, in a 51-47 vote on Tuesday night. Trump nominated Jacobs to the ...

Trump Brings Back ‘Sharpiegate’ Scientist to Top NOAA Job

Donald Trump has reinstated the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief linked to the “Sharpiegate” incident. The Senate confirmed atmospheric scientist Neil Jacobs as the new boss of ...

Trump’s new head of NOAA was implicated in Alabama’s Hurricane Dorian ‘Sharpiegate’

Trump used a Sharpie marker to alter an official map to suggest that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama and parts of Florida.

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

Neil Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA’s code of ethics after an investigation into an incident that centered on an ...