{"id":2318,"date":"2010-02-09T14:22:32","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T21:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2010-02-09T12:26:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T19:26:58","slug":"gore-effect-strikes-again-forces-noaa-to-change-announcement-of-new-climate-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/climate-change\/gore-effect-strikes-again-forces-noaa-to-change-announcement-of-new-climate-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Gore Effect strikes again – Forces NOAA to change announcement of new climate agency"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Snowmageddon<\/a>
'Snowmageddon' forced government officials to announce their proposed new climate agency via teleconference instead of at a press conference. Was it the Gore Effect at work? <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With a great deal of hype yesterday, the United States Department of Commerce announced its vision for a new government climate agency spearhead by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)<\/a>. Planned as a media event at the National Press Club yesterday, officials were forced to instead make the announcement via teleconferencing due to the major winter storm that struck the nation\u2019s capital and shut down the federal government<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was ironic that the announcement of the NOAA Climate Service had to be changed due to the extreme winter weather. In recent years the term \u2018Gore Effect<\/a>\u2019 was coined to explain the unseasonable weather that oftentimes accompanies appearances by former vice president and Nobel Laureate Al Gore or when a global warming event is held.<\/p>\n