Weather & Science
Chris Wright Touts Energy Department Report’s Misleading Climate Claims
The report’s conclusion that climate change isn’t influencing extreme weather is at odds with mainstream science and a growing body of real-world evidence.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing in June.
Photographer: Kent Nishimura/BloombergWhile promoting his agency’s recently released climate report, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has said that climate change is not making extreme weather more intense and more common.
That’s counter to authoritative climate science research. His statements come amid a push by the Trump administration to eliminate climate programs and scientist positions and to reduce access to past US-produced scientific reports, while issuing new material that goes against mainstream findings.