The US Department of Energy released a report suggesting that global warming is less economically harmful than previously believed. This report has been criticized by numerous scientists who argue it misrepresents decades of climate science and promotes a political agenda. Several researchers are working together to produce rebuttals to counter the claims made in the report. Scientists express concern over its implications in legal matters that could reach the Supreme Court. The Department of Energy maintains that the report authors represent diverse viewpoints and have credible backgrounds.
"This little report is basically designed to suppress science, not to enhance it or encourage it," says Joellen Russell, an oceanographer at the University of Arizona. "It's awful."
"I'm gobsmacked," says Benjamin Santer, a climate scientist. "It's a revision of science and a revision of history. We have to respond."
The alternative is to do nothing," says Andrew Dessler, an atmospheric scientist at Texas A&M University. "I just don't think I can do that."
The DoE's spokesperson stated that the five authors of the report were recruited by the energy secretary Chris Wright, a former oil executive.
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