Politics

Climate Change Denier Hired for Top Job at NOAA

HOUSE DIVIDED

David Legates has spent his career undermining widely accepted science.

Blake Montgomery
Blake Montgomery 

Former Reporter/Editor

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Blake Montgomery

Blake Montgomery

Former Reporter/Editor

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