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Scientists Assail ‘Cherry-Picking’ of Trump Administration Climate Report

Bloomberg · last updated

More than 85 scientists have published a lengthy joint critique of a recent Energy Department report that downplayed the effects of climate change, calling it riddled with “pervasive problems.”

“It’s full of omissions. It’s full of simple errors. It’s full of cherry-picking citations,” said Andrew Dessler, professor of atmospheric science at Texas A&M University and lead author of the new analysis totaling more than 450 pages.