Trump's NOAA nominee could shut down open government weather data to benefit his family business
peter.suber's bookmarks 2017-10-14
Summary:
"AccuWeather has been trying to block open access to publicly-funded weather data for more than a decade. Its interest is to sell the same data to the public without "unfair competition" from the government. In the past it pursued this goal through Rick Santorum, the venal Senator from AccuWeather's home state of Pennsylvania. Now it's pursuing this goal through Donald Trump...."