Roger Pielke Jr. 

@rogerpielkejr
Undisciplined scholar, recovering academic I research and write about the messy and complicated places where science meets policy and politics

summarizes and adds context to a Swiss radio investigation into false claims spread by the office of the UN General Secretary and affiliated political branches. It’s a case study in emergency thinking leading to states of exception where political leaders, experts, and journalists no longer hold each other accountable to standards of truth.

Climate Misinformation from the United Nations

The doubling of US nat gas production since 2005 has resulted is a stunning turnaround in energy geopolitics. The US has gone from a natural gas weakling that would have been heavily dependent on countries like Russia, Australia, Nigeria, and Qatar to a global gas behemoth. My latest:

Surging LNG Exports Show US Is A Global Nat Gas Superpower