Climate Scientists Challenge Conservatives' NOAA Suit on Emails

"As researchers strive to keep their unpublished work private, many brace for more anti-science government interference under Donald Trump."

"Three scientific advocacy groups have filed a legal brief in support of federal climate scientists who are being sued by the conservative organization Judicial Watch.

Judicial Watch has sought to force the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to release 8,000 pages of researchers' communications regarding a peer-reviewed paper published in the journal Science in June 2015.

The study debunked the notion of a global warming 'hiatus' between 1998-2012, an argument used by those who dispute the scientific consensus on climate change. A recent paper by a different group of researchers affirmed NOAA's findings, one of several confirmations."

Lisa Song reports for InsideClimate News February 6, 2017.