The Rise of the Climate Right
The Energy Department issued a report whose title might glaze eyes: 'A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate.' The New York Times, foaming with indignation, rolled out every shame word to denounce the report's authors as 'skeptics' who 'misrepresent' and 'cherry-pick' as they 'undermine' and 'attack' the 'consensus.' This fury was at striking odds with the smug 'we've won' tone of recent climate journalism.
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