Criticism of the ‘Critical Review’

The first complete reviews of the Critical review of the DOE are now entering online.

First out of the door is a good Interactive carbonbrief Based on the direct contribution of scientists whose documents were summoned, sometimes in deceptive or false ways. They have a good color coding for which one.

There is a complementary effort of a group led by Andrew Dessler (register here to receive update notifications). We will add the links here when it is launched.

Meanwhile, the deer is being Demanded by EDF and UCS for procedural reasons (it turns out that there are real laws about how it is supposed to obtain impartial expert advice on government regulations. Who knew?!)

There are multiple threads in Bluesky, or in blogs that address more specific points, for example, Zeke Hausfather makes some outstanding points about the misuse of your work.

It is important to note that national academies are creating A fast track evaluation process to provide information on the decision proposed by the EPA (The deadline is August 27 for presentations). This has the potential to be the most relevant effort, so it is expected that everything is mostly channeled through it, as well as the specific process that DOE has initiated for its report (which does not have a legal position alone).

Stay tuned!

Update of August 29: A solid statement about fundamental problems in the doe report of the Executive Committee of the American Meteorological Society.