Ewire: Trump’s new NOAA chief scientist questions climate change

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans to replace its acting chief scientist with a hurricane researcher who has questioned human’s role in climate change. Gizmodo’s Earther reports that the Trump administration plans to hire Ryan Maue as NOAA’s chief scientist to replace Craig McLean, a long-time NOAA official. Maue is a researcher from the private sector who will be stepping into the role that McLean used to investigate “Sharpiegate,” where President Donald Trump is said to have...