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Carbon Brief has just published an in-depth factcheck of the Trump administration’s “critical review of impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on the US climate”.

Informed by dozens of contributions from leading climate scientists, our factcheck finds the controversial report commissioned by the US Department of Energy contains more than 100 false or misleading statements.

This includes inaccurate claims around CO2 fertilisation, sea level rise, ocean acidification, extreme weather and temperature trends.

Our article allows you to explore the sections of the report which have been identified as “misleading” or “false” – and read subject matter experts’ rebuttals to the claims.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has said the “critical review” will be used to justify its plans to rescind the Obama-era "endangerment finding” – a scientific conclusion that is the legal basis for US climate regulations.

Our factcheck is, thus, an essential tool for better understanding the tactics that the Trump administration is using to attack climate science and undermine climate policy.

Carbon Brief invites any scientists who notice further errors in the report to reach out to info@carbonbrief.org.

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