In May, the White House released the National Climate Assessment, a report written by a committee of 60 scientists that assessed risks from man-made climate change including rising seas, extreme heat and dropping water supplies. Separately, two science papers released in May reported that the global sea level will rise at least 10 feet, accelerating to a dangerous pace after the next century. The reports sparked some much-publicized comments by politicians and pundits, making climate change a hot issue in elections this fall in some states. Here’s a summary of some of our recent fact-checks on climate change. We …
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