Climatewire
Trump team readies more attacks on mainstream climate science
By Scott Waldman | 08/18/2025 06:21 AM EDT
The plans include a public debate on global warming. Scientists say that falsely implies the major tenets of climate research are unsettled.
One author of a recent Department of Energy report that assailed established climate science said the 141-page document is only the beginning — and that the Trump administration plans to do more to undercut research that shows humanity’s use of fossil fuels is warming the planet and endangering its inhabitants.
Steve Koonin, one of the report’s five main contributors, told POLITICO’s E&E News last week that the document likely is a precursor to a sustained assault on mainstream global warming research. Under discussion are plans to hold a public debate about climate science, write a line-by-line rebuttal of the National Climate Assessment and ready a counterattack against climate scientists critical of last month’s Energy Department report.
A key next step, Koonin said, is to expand the Trump administration’s team of climate contrarians beyond the five scientists who wrote the initial report. The document already has attracted hundreds of responses through the Federal Register, and Koonin said they need the reinforcements to push back against the criticism.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-team-readies-more-attacks-on-mainstream-climate-science/
