(Washington) More than 80 scientific experts are shaking Trump administration on Trump administration on Tuesday, denouncing methodological flaws, manipulations of facts and references to discredited research.
Published at the end of July by the Energy Department of American President Donald Trump, notoriously climatosceptic, this document calls into question several scientific consensus, in particular on the increase in extreme meteorological phenomena.
“This report is a parody of science,” castigates Andrew Dessler, professor in atmosphere science at Texas A&M University, in a press release.
In a document of more than 400 pages published Tuesday, Mr. Drawing and more than 80 other scientists dissect the method and content of the report, and reject the conclusions.
Through their analysis, they highlight the use of authors to “tactics similar to those used by the tobacco industry” to minimize the deleterious effects of health tobagism.
The report “is based on long -rejected ideas, supported by erroneous interpretations of scientific knowledge, omissions of important facts (…) and confirmation biases”, accuses Mr. Dessler.
Since his return to power, Donald Trump has switched on a reverse to the fight against climate change, once again emerging the world’s leading power of the Paris climate agreement, undergoing scientific agencies and detacting many environmental measures.
At the end of July, its administration paved the way for the cancellation of a key decision in the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, the first Historical Emitter of CO2 in the world.
To justify such a measure, the American Department of Energy has published this report decree and announced that it would reassess reference scientific climate scientific studies.
This attempt to question consensus on climate change unworthy of scientists, who are trying to counter these efforts.
