{"id":26176,"date":"2025-09-02T16:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/?p=26176"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:23:34","slug":"climate-scientists-response-to-doe-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2025\/09\/climate-scientists-response-to-doe-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Scientists response to DOE report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kcite-section\" kcite-section-id=\"26176\">\n\n<p>As we&#8217;ve mentioned, Andrew Dessler and Robert Kopp have been coordinating a scientific peer review of the DOW &#8216;CWG&#8217; Critique of Climate Science. It is now out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"469\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-5.17.32-PM-600x469.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26178 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/469;width:444px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-5.17.32-PM-600x469.png 600w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-5.17.32-PM-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-5.17.32-PM-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-5.17.32-PM-1536x1201.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/images\/Screenshot-2025-09-02-at-5.17.32-PM.png 1578w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The comments are available <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1PwAR8I9YYmPhbQ6CRekHkroJGMbjbX7l\/view\" title=\"here\">here<\/a>, and there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1r3-lNf45sTIuurKYpFUHla5oKrSc3nxV\/view\" title=\"press release\">press release<\/a> that gives a summary. It has been picked up by some the media already: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/02\/climate\/climate-science-report-energy-department.html\" title=\"NY Times\">NY Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/sep\/02\/trump-administration-climate-report\" title=\"The Guardian\">The Guardian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/02\/climate\/climate-change-report-trump-administration\" title=\"CNN\">CNN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/09\/02\/doe-climate-energy-environment-climate-science\" title=\"Axios\">Axios<\/a> etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This effort brought in 85 scientists (13 times as many as the CWG report &#8211; a clear example of Brandolini&#8217;s Law!) who cover a much broader range of expertise that the DOE report. One of the quotes from the scientists (not US-based interestingly) is a good summary: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This 2025 DOE report does not evaluate the extensive available evidence in good faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One person who commented on the chapter 6 on Extreme events and Tropical Cyclones is Kerry Emanuel, and he has expanded his comments into a post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2025\/09\/critique-of-chapter-6-extreme-weather-in-the-doe-review\/\" title=\"here\">here<\/a>. (Note if any of the other scientists involved would like to do similarly, just drop us a line). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/regulations-emissions-vehicles-and-engines\/proposed-rule-reconsideration-2009-endangerment-finding#extension%20\" title=\"comments\">comments<\/a> on the EPA proposed ruling are due September 22, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<!-- kcite active, but no citations found -->\n<\/div> <!-- kcite-section 26176 -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve mentioned, Andrew Dessler and Robert Kopp have been coordinating a scientific peer review of the DOW &#8216;CWG&#8217; Critique of Climate Science. 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