Out with alarmism: New climate report director promises science over scare tactics
07/21/2026 / By Cassie B.
Dr. Matthew Wielicki replaces the climate assessment’s former leadership, signaling a shift toward skepticism.
The next climate report will focus on natural climate variability and positive effects like longer growing seasons.
Hundreds of scientists and contractors were dismissed, leaving the assessment team to start from scratch.
Energy Secretary Wright says the report will prioritize honest data over scaring children or raising energy prices.
The U.S. government’s National Climate Assessment has long served as the crown jewel of climate alarmism, a sprawling, fear-laden document produced at taxpayer expense to justify sweeping regulations and global policy demands. But that era is coming to an end.
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