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US DoE throws down the gauntlet on climate change

An aerial view of properties cleared of wildfire debris which burned in the Eaton Fire on July 03, 2025 in Altadena, California. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cleared more than 5,000 properties damaged in the Eaton Fire as the six month anniversary of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires approaches.
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Thomas Hyrkiel

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The department’s report concludes that global warming may be less damaging economically than commonly believed and rebuts many mainstream climate change claims.

Given its content and the positions taken on key issues, the DOE’s Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate was never going to be an uncontroversial report.

Christopher Wright, the US Energy Secretary, attempts to get ahead of this when stating that, while in

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