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I think this is the one https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/DOE_Critical_Review_of_Impacts_of_GHG_Emissions_on_the_US_Climate_July_2025.pdf http

I think this is the one https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/DOE_Critical_Review_of_Impacts_of_GHG_Emissions_on_the_US_Climate_July_2025.pdf https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2025-07/DOE_Criti... It is really just a collection of 'skeptic' arguments form the last 20 years or so. Science magazie had an article about it https://www.science.org/content/article/contrarian-climate-assessment-u-s-government-draws-swift-pushback https://www.science.org/content/article/contrarian-climate-a...

jrmg 1y ago
Last sentence in the executive summary, which I think really does sum up the report: “U.S. policy actions are expected to have undetectably small direct impacts on the global climate and any effects will emerge only with long delays.”
Hilift 1y ago
This is part of the trend of "there needs to be room for opposing views". Similar to when JD Vance visited Europe in February and scolded the EU on not suppressing views from elements such as AfD, which is essentially East Germany in every demographic. When asked about the Indian Removal Act, President Andrew Jackson stated that if he had not taken the action, the native peoples would have been wiped out. Effectively he was saving them from genocide. "According to historian H. W. Brands, Jackson sincerely believed that his population transfer was a "wise and humane policy" that would save the Native Americans from "utter annihilation". Jackson portrayed the removal as a paternalistic act of mercy." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5298683/jd-vance-afd-germany-olaf-scholz-musk https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5298683/jd-vance-afd-ge...
Joeri 1y ago
Another take from a climate researcher on how the DOE report misrepresents (their) science: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/how-the-doe-and-epa-used-and-misused https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/how-the-doe-and-epa-used-a... A coordinated response is being prepared by climate researchers debunking the whole thing, but the news story has already passed so I don’t know whether it will matter.

jrmg 1y ago

Last sentence in the executive summary, which I think really does sum up the report: “U.S. policy actions are expected to have undetectably small direct impacts on the global climate and any effects will emerge only with long delays.”

Hilift 1y ago

This is part of the trend of "there needs to be room for opposing views". Similar to when JD Vance visited Europe in February and scolded the EU on not suppressing views from elements such as AfD, which is essentially East Germany in every demographic. When asked about the Indian Removal Act, President Andrew Jackson stated that if he had not taken the action, the native peoples would have been wiped out. Effectively he was saving them from genocide. "According to historian H. W. Brands, Jackson sincerely believed that his population transfer was a "wise and humane policy" that would save the Native Americans from "utter annihilation". Jackson portrayed the removal as a paternalistic act of mercy." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Removal_Act https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5298683/jd-vance-afd-germany-olaf-scholz-musk https://www.npr.org/2025/02/15/nx-s1-5298683/jd-vance-afd-ge...

Joeri 1y ago

Another take from a climate researcher on how the DOE report misrepresents (their) science: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/how-the-doe-and-epa-used-and-misused https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/how-the-doe-and-epa-used-a... A coordinated response is being prepared by climate researchers debunking the whole thing, but the news story has already passed so I don’t know whether it will matter.