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Matthew Wielicki, who lacks formal training in climate science, will now lead the nation’s Global Change Research Program, which federal officials have gutted during Trump’s second term.
Wielicki left his post as a geosciences professor at the University of Alabama three years ago, saying on social media that the profession was “no longer worthy of my efforts”.
His appointment comes as part of a broader attack on climate research by the Trump administration. Since re-entering office last year, officials have shuttered data-collection offices and climate research programs. Last summer, the energy department also published a report written by five climate skeptics that denied climate science.
In his new position, Wielicki will lead the National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated report detailing how Americans are affected by the climate crisis.
Wielicki is a climate skeptic who frequently criticizes established climate science online, including in videos by rightwing YouTube channel PragerU.
on his blog, Irrational Fear, he cast doubt on the conclusions of earlier National Climate Assessments, and argued that it is not carbon dioxide, but increasing solar radiation, that has caused atmospheric warming.
[The link between recent solar activity and climate has been quantified and is not a major driver of the warming that has occurred since early in the twentieth century.[24] Human-induced forcings are needed to reproduce the late-20th century warming]
See also the Orwellian deletion and rewriting of past Climate Assessments and the firing of everyone involved in the next one [but now we have the new leader in place[..
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Wielicki left his post as a geosciences professor at the University of Alabama three years ago, saying on social media that the profession was “no longer worthy of my efforts”.
His appointment comes as part of a broader attack on climate research by the Trump administration. Since re-entering office last year, officials have shuttered data-collection offices and climate research programs. Last summer, the energy department also published a report written by five climate skeptics that denied climate science.
In his new position, Wielicki will lead the National Climate Assessment, a congressionally mandated report detailing how Americans are affected by the climate crisis.
Wielicki is a climate skeptic who frequently criticizes established climate science online, including in videos by rightwing YouTube channel PragerU.
on his blog, Irrational Fear, he cast doubt on the conclusions of earlier National Climate Assessments, and argued that it is not carbon dioxide, but increasing solar radiation, that has caused atmospheric warming.
[The link between recent solar activity and climate has been quantified and is not a major driver of the warming that has occurred since early in the twentieth century.[24] Human-induced forcings are needed to reproduce the late-20th century warming]
See also the Orwellian deletion and rewriting of past Climate Assessments and the firing of everyone involved in the next one [but now we have the new leader in place[..
Energy chief suggests Trump administration is altering previously published climate reports; staff for next iteration all fired already
LINK Energy Sec. Chris Wright said Tuesday night the Trump administration is updating the National Climate Assessments that have been previously published, which the administration recently removed from government websites. The National Climate Assessments are congressionally mandated research...
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