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Last month the U.S. Department of Energy released a report titled “A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions.”

The claims are the same climate denial talking points I've seen in my inbox over the years: that extra sunlight is driving warming, that more carbon dioxide helps plants so the changing climate could be net good, things like that. There is nothing new in the arguments.

What is new is that they are coming from the United States Department of Energy and the White House.

DOE has opened public input on the report, and comments are due next week.

I want to submit a reply that moves leadership to change course: recommit to the Paris Agreement, support and improve on IPCC science, restore funding for decarbonization and carbon removal, and amend the report.

This report is important. DOE reports turn into America's policy, investment on climate, and leads the world. If the report stays as-is, decarbonization underperforms, carbon removal stalls out, and we lose window to avoid the worst impacts of the changing climate.

Imagine instead DOE pushed to make America more innovative and put the climate at the center of its investment strategy. That's how we get things on track.

If you want to review and sign the letter later this week, hit reply. If you have a message that could move decision makers, reply and share.

I look forward to hearing back from you.

Tito

P.S. Watch climate scientist James Hansen on the acceleration of the changing climate here