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apnews.com
Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming
AP fact-checked Trump’s Truth Social post and found he distorted a recent revision to climate scenarios. The update did not mean climate scientists had admitted their projections were totally wrong; it meant one extreme emissions scenario was judged unlikely.
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nytimes.com
Scientists Tweaked the Global Warming Outlook. So Trump Said They Were Wrong.
The New York Times reported that Trump falsely claimed a recent climate scenario update proved scientists had been wrong. The article explains that researchers revised an extreme scenario downward because current emissions trends and policy changes made it less plausible.
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cbc.ca
Trump calls a climate projection 'WRONG!' Turns out, climate action is working
CBC explained that Trump mischaracterized a climate-model update as proof that scientists were wrong. The article notes that scientists said the scenario was implausible because emissions trajectories had changed, not because the underlying science failed.
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sciencemediacentre.org
Expert reaction to Trump saying climate change predictions were wrong and made by stupid people
This source collects scientist reactions to Trump’s broader claims that climate predictions were wrong. It reflects the argument that some climate forecasts or scenarios were overblown, while other scientists say Trump’s characterization is misleading.
carbonbrief.org
Factcheck: Trump's climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading statements
Carbon Brief fact-checked a Trump administration climate report and found numerous misleading claims. The report’s arguments relied partly on the idea that some climate projections were exaggerated, but the fact-check says those claims were false or misleading overall.
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