New head of NOAA says science will guide policy

GRANTS PASS, Ore.


So she settled for a little place in the Cleveland Park neighborhood near the Red Line station, walking distance from grocery stores, drug stores and parks, though not the coastal marine ecosystems that have been her lifelong interest.

Lubchenco, whom the Senate confirmed for the NOAA job Thursday, has also signed up for the Zipcar car-sharing service to take the place of her Honda Civic hybrid back home in Corvallis.

“I don’t see myself as a pioneer in this area, because I know a lot of people who are becoming more and more aware of their own carbon footprints,” she said.

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