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“Mockery of science”: Climate scientists tear into new US climate report | Department of Energy is not serious about engaging with the scientific community.
Department of Energy is not serious about engaging with the scientific community.
The DOE’s report cherry-picked evidence, lacked peer-reviewed studies to support its questioning of the detrimental effects of climate change in the US and is “fundamentally incorrect,” the authors concluded. It relies on ideas that were rejected long ago, supported by misrepresentations of the body of scientific knowledge, omissions of important facts, arm waving, anecdotes, and confirmation bias,” said Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, in a statement accompanying the review. But as more communities grapple with the fallout of hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other natural disasters exacerbated by climate change, Cobb fears the federal government is turning away from the best tool it has to help people across the U.S. adapt to a warming planet.
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