Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding

(26 Aug 2025)
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ARCHIVE: Cheshire, Ohio – 14 April 2025
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New York – 14 August 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press:
“Since 2009, the federal government has said climate change puts Americans and their health in danger. But in July, the Trump administration started to reverse that with two documents. This is key to US policy regulating gases that trap heat.”

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New York – 14 August 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press:
“So at the AP, we sent hundreds of emails to scientists, including about 200 of them, whose work was referenced in the report. We got 62 responses, 52 were negative, seven were positive. We asked them to give a grade like a professor gives an undergrad. Not nearly as many responded, but 19 of the 41 grades that we got were F, as in flunk. There were about four A’s and an A minus. One scientist gave it a grade of R for ridiculous.”

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New York – 14 August 2025
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press:
“Scientists said the reports were biased, misinterpreted the science, cherry-picked the data, and at times were just plain wrong. 18 different scientists used the phrase ‘cherry-pick’ for a total of 30 times when they were describing these documents. 15 different scientists said their work had been misused or taken out of context, and a handful of others said it had been accurate.”

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New York – 14 August 2025
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press:
“In one case, the Department of Energy said Arctic sea ice has shrunk only 5% since 1980. And then it linked to a chart. But that chart showed data from Antarctica, the South Pole. They missed it by the entire length of the Earth. The authors said they’ll fix it.”

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New York – 14 August 2025
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press:
“The reports used data for wildfires that show a graph that’s saying wildfires aren’t getting much worse. But on the page before, they said the same data they used was unreliable. The reports’ authors said they weren’t meant to be comprehensive, but to give a view that is often overlooked.”

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STORYLINE:
Two key reports from the Trump administration aimed at revoking the longstanding finding that climate change is dangerous were filled with errors, bias and distortions, according to dozens of scientists surveyed by The Associated Press.

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