The trick to writing good fiction — if you work in the Trump White House, anyway — is the ability to pick and choose which scientific facts match up well with your politics. In this week’s Climate Check, we’ll discuss the most interesting work of fiction in DC these days: a Trump administration report that calls the threat of climate change overblown. Dozens of scientists say it’s riddled with errors, cherry-picked data, and misinformation.

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