MAINE PUBLIC • September 25, 2020
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat representing Maine’s 1st District, has joined 84 U.S. House members in opposing the appointment of a longtime climate denier to a top post at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In a letter to the Secretary of Commerce, Pingree and the other signatories write that the appointment of David Legates could undermine the agency's scientific integrity. Legates is a professor with a long history of casting doubt on climate science and discrediting climate researchers.