More than 80 scientific experts have a report by the Trump administration on climate change on Tuesday, denouncing methodological flaws, manipulations of facts and references to discredited research.
Published at the end of July by the US Ministry of Energy Donald Trump, notoriously climatosceptic, this document calls into question several scientific consensus, in particular on the increase in extreme meteorological phenomena.
“This report is a parody of science,” castigates Andrew Dessler, professor in atmosphere science at Texas A&M University, in a press release.
In a document of more than 400 pages published Tuesday, Mr. Drawing and more than 80 other scientists dissect the method and content of the report, and reject the conclusions.
Through their analysis, they highlight the use of authors to “tactics similar to those used by the tobacco industry” to minimize the deleterious effects of health tobagism.
The report “is based on long -rejected ideas, supported by erroneous interpretations of scientific knowledge, omissions of important facts (…) and confirmation biases”, accuses Mr. Dessler.
First Historical CO2 transmitter
Since his return to power, Donald Trump has switched on a reverse to the fight against climate change, once again emerging the world’s leading power of the Paris climate agreement, undergoing scientific agencies and detacting many environmental measures.
At the end of July, its administration paved the way for the cancellation of a key decision in the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, the first historic CO2 transmitter worldwide.
To justify such a measure, the American Ministry of Energy has published this report decree and announced that it was going to reassess reference scientific climate studies.
This attempt to question consensus on climate change unworthy of scientists, who are trying to counter these efforts.
