Climate Expert: The Truth About 2024 Hurricane Trends And WaPo’s Political Hit Job
by Roger Pielke Jr. Dec 5, 2024
Yesterday, The Washington Post published what can only be described as a hit piece on the nominee for Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright. The Post took issue with Wright’s claim that:
“[R]eports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) actually show no increase in the frequency or intensity of hurricanes.”
The Post claimed that Wright was misrepresenting the most recent IPCC assessment report. [emphasis, links added]
But rather than quoting the IPCC itself to show where Wright may have been wrong, The WashPost instead relied on a characterization of the IPCC from one of its contributors (emphasis added):
https://climatechangedispatch.com/climate-expert-the-truth-about-2024-hurricane-trends-and-wapos-political-hit-job/
