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Allison Crimmins

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Allison Crimmins is an American climate scientist and the director of the National Climate Assessment in the United States since 2021.[1] She was appointed by President Joe Biden, and replaced Trump appointee Betsy Weatherhead.[2][3]

She has a master of science in oceanography from San Francisco State University and a master in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and worked with the U.S. Global Change Research Program in 2016. She currently works for the Environmental Protection Agency.[4] In 2020, she called for the United States to have a "Department of Climate" to deal with climate change.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Treisman, Rachel (August 9, 2021). "What The U.S. Can Do About The Dire Climate Change Report". NPR.
  2. ^ Samenow, Jason (July 13, 2021). "White House appoints new director to steer key climate change report". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ Tollefson, Jeff (July 16, 2021). "Influential US climate report moves ahead — under new leadership". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-021-01969-x.
  4. ^ "Allison Crimmins". GlobalChange.gov.
  5. ^ Crimmins, Allison (July 21, 2020). "Why the Biden administration should establish a Department of Climate". Vox.