Trump administration hires 3 ‘outspoken climate contrarians’ (says CNN) – aka sensible people

Earth’s atmosphere [image credit: BBC]

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Scientists (which ones?) are worried what comes next, claims CNN. Whose ‘consensus’ are they accused of rejecting? Maybe the tables are turning. Those who sought to exclude from government work anyone not in full agreement with the alarmist idea that the essential trace gas CO2 is a pollutant, may now find themselves in an awkward spot.
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The Trump administration has hired three prominent researchers who over the course of their careers have questioned and even rejected the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, says CNN.

Each were given positions in the Energy Department, which is led by Secretary Chris Wright, a former oil and gas fracking executive.

The researchers are John Christy and Roy Spencer, both of whom are research scientists at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, and Steven E. Koonin of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

Koonin previously served at DOE during the Obama administration, and earlier was a scientist for the oil and gas giant BP. He, along with others, pushed for a public “red team” debate on climate science findings during the first Trump administration, but was overruled by political advisors in the White House at the time.

The hirings were first reported by the New York Times and confirmed by CNN.

In the Energy Department’s internal employee directory, Koonin is listed as a “special government employee,” Christy is listed as “expert” and Spencer a “consultant,” according to an agency source familiar with the matter. All three are listed as being under the office of Energy Secretary Wright, the source confirmed.

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