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MSNBC: "‘Not how science is supposed to work’: Trump admin. accused of pushing faulty research"

by Steve Benen

Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia University, called the agency’s work “shoddy,” adding, “This is not how science is supposed to work.”

Quoted in:
"‘Not how science is supposed to work’: Trump admin. accused of pushing faulty research" by Steve Benen, MSNBC (31 July 2025)

Longer quote via NOTUS.org:

“This is not how science is supposed to work. This is not the sort of process where scientists write the report that gets vetted and peer-reviewed and cited, and then eventually there is a government process, an interagency working group, and then that gets scrutinized, and there’s a formal peer review process,” said Gernot Wagner, a climate economist at Columbia University, calling the report “shoddy.” Wagner was a paid peer reviewer for a report published by the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency.

"‘A Serious Misuse of My Research’: Climate Scientists Say New Trump Energy Report Botches Their Work" by Anna Kramer, NOTUS (30 July 2025).

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