US Dept. of Energy Secretary Assembled Climate Skeptics to Shape Report Challenging Science

US Dept. of Energy secretary assembled climate skeptics to shape report challenging science

Energy Secretary Chris Wright recruited a group of long-standing climate skeptics to produce a Department of Energy study now being used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to justify rolling back greenhouse gas regulations.Benjamin Storrow reports for E&E News.In short:Wright personally called scientists known for disputing mainstream climate science, including Roy Spencer, Judith Curry, John Christy, Steven Koonin, and Ross McKitrick, …

Travis Fisher: ‘Why I Helped Organize the Department of Energy’s Climate Report’ – Goal was to ‘reorient the debate about climate science & climate policy by confronting the gatekeepers head-on’

The secretary’s plan was simple. We would reorient the debate about climate science and climate policy by confronting the gatekeepers head-on. The DOE was to publish a report that would reinforce areas of wide agreement among climate scientists, such as the observable fact that carbon dioxide is a GHG that is warming the planet. However, in the immortal words of Al Gore, the report would also shed light on some inconvenient truths that cut agains

Desperate Green Attempt Launched to Abuse and Discredit US Government Report Casting Doubt on ‘Settled’ Climate Science – The Daily Sceptic

Green activists are scrambling to bury a US Department of Energy report that blows holes in the so-called 'settled' climate science, says the Daily Sceptic's Environment Editor. The post Desperate Green Attempt Launched to Abuse and Discredit US Government Report Casting Doubt on ‘Settled’ Climate Science appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Scientists say new government climate report twists their work - Ocean Acidification

A new report released yesterday by the Department of Energy purports to provide “a critical assessment of the conventional narrative on climate change.” But nine scientists across several different disciplines told WIRED that the report mishandled citations of their work by cherry-picking data, misrepresenting findings, drawing erroneous conclusions, or leaving out relevant context. … The DOE says […] The post Scientists say new government clima…