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Racing to build wall of climate denial before Trump exits Source: By Scott Waldman, E&E News reporter • Posted: Tuesday, January 12, 2021
David Legates, a political appointee at NOAA, attends a Heartland Institute conference in 2019. Legates is promoting researchers who reject climate science. Heartland Institute/YouTube
A climate denier working under the purview of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is attempting to publish cherry-picked and inaccurate research so that it can be permanently archived as a government record.
David Legates, who serves in a senior role at NOAA and is heading the U.S. Global Change Research Program, was brought to the Trump administration recently to challenge consensus climate science. A geologist from the University of Delaware and an affiliate of the Heartland Institute, he has said climate scientists make false claims for money and that humans need to burn more fossil
When you account for the advantages to our health, the benefits of phasing out fossil fuels far outweigh the price.
By Sara Peach | Monday, December 14, 2020
Hi Sara,
As a broadcast meteorologist, one of the most common questions I’m asked is the hardest one for me to answer!
Some of my colleagues and friends understand that human-caused global warming is happening, but they don’t view it as a priority to address and combat it. They say things like, “I can’t afford to pay for wind and solar energy,” and they’re turned off by the phrase “climate emergency,” viewing it as alarmist. So my question is, how can I concisely say that it’s not only imperative to address climate change now, but it’s not going to bankrupt us to do it?