Scientists rush to bolster climate finding Trump administration aims to undo

Some experts tee up public comment on EPA report calling fossil fuel concerns overblown, as others fast-track review

Veteran climate scientists are organizing a coordinated public comment to a US Department of Energy (DOE) report that cast doubt on the scientific consensus on the climate crisis.

The report, published late last month, claimed concerns about planet-warming fossil fuels are overblown, sparking widespread concern from scientists who said it was full of climate misinformation; it was an attempt to support a proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undo the endangerment finding", which forms the legal basis of virtually all US climate regulations.