Experts push to uphold credible climate science findings as Trump administration spreads doubt

Veteran scientists organize response to recent energy department report while top group of advisers ‘fast-track’ review of greenhouse gas evidence

Veteran climate scientists are organizing a coordinated public comment to a US Department of Energy (DOE) report which cast doubt on the scientific consensus on the climate crisis.

The report, published late last month, claimed concerns about planet-warming fossil fuels are overblown, sparking widespread concern from scientists who said it was full of climate misinformation. It came as an attempt to support a proposal from the the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undo the “endangerment finding”, which forms the legal basis of virtually all US climate regulations.