The US government has declared war on the very idea of climate change Highlight

The Trump administration’s report should not be viewed as a scientific document, according to Andrew Dessler, director of the Texas Center for Extreme Weather at Texas A&M University.

“Their goal is not to weigh the evidence fairly but to build the strongest possible case for CO2’s innocence,” he told my colleague Ella Nilsen. “This is a fundamental departure from the norms of science.”