Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright spearheaded a recent DOE report about climate science. A new rebuttal from more than 85 scientists finds the report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science. (Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images)A group of more than 85 scientists have issued a joint rebuttal to a recent U.S. Department of Energy report about climate change, finding it full of errors and misrepresenting climate science. The group of climate scientists found several examples where the DOE authors cherry-picked or misrepresented climate science in the agency’s report. But the dozens of climate scientists point out that this is misleading, because higher temperatures and more evaporation — not just low rainfall — can lead to and exacerbate droughts.