This is confusing: Without providing supporting data, Jane Lubchenco allegedly claims that "the tide of opinion is turning against climate change sceptics in North America" and bouts of extreme weather are "escalating"; she then says "At NOAA, all we are doing is providing the data"

Heatwave in the US turns climate sceptics

THE tide of opinion is turning against climate change sceptics in North America, according to the head of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Escalating bouts of extreme weather appear to be behind the shift, said Jane Lubchenco, the chief of the NOAA - the US equivalent of the CSIRO.
''I think there really is a heightened awareness now, because it is something tangible, it's something people are experiencing themselves - more heatwaves, more wildfires,'' Dr Lubchenco told the Herald.
''In the US, I think that the increasing number of extreme weather-related events will help the American public understand that there is a lot at risk and that we do need to be acting more definitively.''
...Dr Lubchenco said she did not agree with critics who thought scientists were becoming campaigners for action on climate change. ''At NOAA, all we are doing is providing the data,'' she said. ''When some people don't like the information, they criticise the providers of that information and we certainly see that playing out.''