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05-27-2017, 05:47 AM
Climate researchers shot down Trump's EPA administrator in the nerdiest way imaginable
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"We test this claim here."*
With these words, climate scientists shot down a dubious claim from the controversial administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, in the most methodical way available to them: by publishing a peer-reviewed scientific study in a reputable journal.*
The study (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-02520-7), published May 24 in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, debunks Pruitt's claim — made in written responses (https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/6d95005c-bd1a-4779-af7e-be831db6866a/scott-pruitt-qfr-responses-01.18.2017.pdf) to senators during his confirmation process — that satellite data proves temperatures have leveled off in recent decades, rather than continuing to rise in keeping with human-caused global warming.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/26/climate-study-rebuts-scott-pruitt-epa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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"We test this claim here."*
With these words, climate scientists shot down a dubious claim from the controversial administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, in the most methodical way available to them: by publishing a peer-reviewed scientific study in a reputable journal.*
The study (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-02520-7), published May 24 in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, debunks Pruitt's claim — made in written responses (https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/6d95005c-bd1a-4779-af7e-be831db6866a/scott-pruitt-qfr-responses-01.18.2017.pdf) to senators during his confirmation process — that satellite data proves temperatures have leveled off in recent decades, rather than continuing to rise in keeping with human-caused global warming.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/26/climate-study-rebuts-scott-pruitt-epa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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