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David Legates, Ph.D., is a climatologist at the University of Delaware. He served as Delaware State Climatologist from 2005 to 2011. Legates has published more than 125 articles in refereed scientific journals, conference proceedings, and monograph series. Environment & Climate News Managing Editor H. Sterling Burnett interviewed Legates, who was honored at the Tenth International Conference on Climate Change in June 2015. Burnett: You were the state climatologist for Delaware, but no longer are. What cost you this position? Legates: Following the firing of state climatologists in Oregon and Virginia and the associate state climatologist in Washington, the Wilmington (DE) NewsJournal suggested the governor fire me because my views were not in line with hers. As a response, Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D) wrote a polite letter explaining "recent media coverage of events … has generated some confusion about the role of the State Climatologist" and asserting that "I understand that you have not provided your opinions as ."https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_legates.jpg