Scott Waldman

The report relies on a rhetorical trick, cherry picking peer-reviewed science and stripping it of context to support a narrative. "As a general rule, what they say is correct, but it’s carefully filtered to give an impression that’s counter to a full reading of the analysis,” @andrewdessler.com said

This is the long-planned adversarial red team-blue team review of climate science the authors have sought. Except this time, it leaves out the blue team representing consensus climate science. It is the first step in a process that will eventually respond to criticism and grow into a larger report.

The researchers Wright tapped have no interest in "honest scientific discourse,” @michaelemann.bsky.social told me. “Instead, they have served as loyal soldiers in the ongoing war on science being waged by polluters, petrostates, and plutocrats, and the politicians...who do their bidding.”

DOE reframes climate consensus as a debate Energy Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers to write a report that assaults what he called the "cancel culture Orwellian squelching of

Energy Secretary Chris Wright now has a government-issued report pushing his brand of debunked climate denial. It comes as Trump admin slashes the climate science that proves him wrong. A growing number of scientists whose work was cited say it was misrepresented.

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EPA attacks climate science. Here are the facts. The Trump administration's proposal to roll back the endangerment finding includes many misleading and inaccurate claims.

The Trump administration's climate science report is riddled with cherry-picked data, sweeping claims easily contradicted by a vast body of research and long-debunked climate denial tropes. @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and I fact-check some claims here: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is complaining about the squelching of science, referring to climate research, not the Trump administration's targeting of satellites that track climate data, mass firing of climate scientists and removal of key data from government websites.

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As Zeldin speaks, the heat index at the bottom of the screen is showing parts of the country hitting feels-like temperatures of 121 degrees. Extreme heat is a leading cause of death from climate change, a toll that will increase as CO2 levels rise.

Researchers quietly planned a test to dim sunlight. They wanted to ‘avoid scaring’ the public. Hundreds of documents show how researchers failed to notify officials in California about a test of technology to block the sun’s rays — while they planned a much huger sequel.

EXCLUSIVE: A team of researchers in California drew notoriety last year with an aborted test of a cloud-making machine.  

But behind the scenes, they were planning a larger and potentially riskier study of tech that could dim the sun's rays, internal documents show. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Steel plant in Vance’s hometown trades clean future for more coal The Middletown, Ohio, plant was set to receive $500 million to make "green" steel. Then its CEO embraced President Donald Trump.

The Ohio steel plant that lifted JD Vance's family out of poverty was set to become the future of a dying US industry, a global model of decarbonization and modernization. Under Trump, that plan was scrapped and it's now doubling down on "beautiful coal." www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

For sale or lease: NASA satellites, slightly used Government spacecraft would be available for purchase under a plan being discussed by the Trump administration.

NEW: Senior NASA officials considering selling or leasing satellites already in orbit. Billions of $ already spent to send probes into space, savings are minimal. Trump WH focused on satellites producing climate data, but they provide weather and other essential data. www.eenews.net/articles/for...

Alcatraz was built more than 100 years ago and has been battered and blasted by saltwater and intense weather on the bay ever since. It has long been in a significant state of deterioration, and one could likely tunnel out of the decaying concrete structure in many places using a soup spoon.

Trump has a crew of MAGA pool reporters with him who are praising the federal and state response and attacking anyone who questions it.

Trump has long politicized disasters. Now he’s on the other side. Democrats have seized on the administration's cuts to the National Weather Service in the wake of the Texas floods.

Trump just called a reporter "evil" for questioning Texas flood preparedness. "All they want to do is criticize and I hope some day we can be bipartisan," Trump said of Democrats. He has a long history of politicizing disaster response in states run by Democrats. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Trump has invited "Dr. Phil" to speak at his roundtable with first responders in Texas. Still no comment from FEMA director.

The leader of FEMA, which Trump has said he wants to eliminate, has been totally missing in action in the last week. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

“Instead of seeing a disaster as a real crisis and being a leader in it, what we get is a president who turns a crisis into an opportunity to take a jab at his opponents.” @oliviaoftroye.com told me. In first Trump WH, she witnessed him withhold CA aid until he saw GOP voter roles in affected area.

Trump has long politicized disasters. Now he’s on the other side. Democrats have seized on the administration's cuts to the National Weather Service in the wake of the Texas floods.

Trump has long politicized disaster response, campaigned on it last year by spreading misinformation and repeatedly threatened to withhold aid to states run by Democrats. Now, his White House is decrying politicization as Democrats blame NWS cuts for the Texas tragedy. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Flood predictions could worsen when Trump’s cuts take hold Forecasts and warnings largely worked during the Texas catastrophe. Those systems are expected to degrade as President Donald Trump’s agenda takes hold.

Flood forecasts in TX were highly accurate — but the vast majority of Trump’s cuts to NOAA’s science capabilities have yet to land. If they do, future predictions of extreme rainfall and flash floods could dramatically decline. @scottpwaldman.bsky.social and I today: www.eenews.net/articles/flo...

“The administration is working very hard to kill research that provides inconvenient results in climate change, vaccines, LGBTQ health, air pollution and toxic chemicals," @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social told me.

Trump’s science guidelines could amplify climate skeptics The new White House rules put more power in the hands of political appointees.

Trump officials are now empowered to "discipline" federal scientists and "correct" their research if it doesn't advance administration's priorities. Science will undergo a hostile red team review. Fringe and industry-affiliated science will be given more weight. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

Trump uprooted a major climate effort. Scientists are fighting back. The future of the National Climate Assessment is uncertain, so researchers are looking to write an alternative version that could serve as a substitute.

Scientists are pondering potential non-federal alternatives for the National Climate Assessment. AGU/AMS have already announced one initiative -- and there's other historical precedents for major efforts to keep stymied federal science reports alive. My story:

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For those looking for the National Climate Assessments:

NCA5 (2023): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/61...
NCA4 vol. 1 (2017): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...
NCA4 vol. 2 (2018): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...
NCA3 (2014): repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/19...

Here's the link to my original story on Hoosick Falls and the Cuomo administration's response. Thanks for sharing @mattbinder.bsky.social
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EPA science revamp calls for ‘much smaller’ office The agency said the new program would focus on “statutorily required functions” with teams that “have different goals, strategies, etc.”

New: A proposed #EPA science office would be "much smaller" than the agency's existing Office of Research and Development, per an internal email that provides much more detail on its structure than #EPA has publicly released. By Miranda Willson and me: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

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“They are certainly trying to create lasting damage. They hate science because it leads to regulation, so they want to do everything they can to stop science from being used to regulate." @andrewdessler.com told me.

"Despite the claims to the contrary, this isn’t being done to cut costs. It’s being done because climate science — and simply measuring our climate — has proven inconvenient to certain special interests who hold sway today in Washington.” @michaelemann.bsky.social told me.

How Trump’s assault on science is blinding America to climate change Through budget cuts and layoffs, the administration has begun to cripple the government's ability to research global warming.

Trump claims climate change is a “hoax.” Now, his administration is silencing government research that proves him wrong. Climate-monitoring spacecraft will be shut down, thousands of scientists have been dismissed, invaluable data eliminated. The assault has just begun www.eenews.net/articles/how...

TRUMP: I ASSUME THIS BILL ALSO COVERS ELECTRIC BOATS

Trump’s Onshore Wind Pause Is Still On Six months in, federal agencies are still refusing to grant crucial permits to wind developers.

Exclusive: I have confirmed that the federal government is still refusing to process permit applications for land-based wind projects almost six months into the Trump administration. Not just offshore.

It threatens untold billions of capital investments in the United States.

via @heatmap.news