{"id":441979,"date":"2026-04-30T02:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=441979"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T09:42:10","slug":"copy-climate-science-is-creeping-into-courtrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=441979","title":{"rendered":"[COPY] Climate Science Is Creeping Into Courtrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From CO2- Coalition\u00b4s Substack<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Charles Battig<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inadequacies of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (Fourth Edition) extend far beyond the chapter on climate science you discuss in your editorial \u201cA Judicial Climate Science Scandal<\/a>\u201d (Review & Outlook, March 14). Another chapter, \u201cHow Science Works,\u201d has earned sharp criticism from Jessica Weinkle, an associate professor of public and international affairs at University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and from legal expert Nathan Schachtman. The latter also critiqued the chapter \u201cThe Admissibility of Expert Testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a wider problem. As the National Association of Scholars will soon publish in a comprehensive piece by S. Stanley Young and Warren Kindzierski, the Reference Manual pervasively scants the effects of modern science\u2019s irreproducibility crisis. Thanks to a combination of sloppy procedures and groupthink\u2014often driven by politics\u2014we\u2019ve seen the vast production of research that isn\u2019t reproduced or can\u2019t be. This in turn has facilitated scientific misconduct by a smaller number of scientists untrue to their calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the Federal Judicial Center has withdrawn the climate science chapter, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine haven\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both entities should review the entire Reference Manual for errors. They also should begin now to revise their procedures for the Fifth Edition\u2014above all by commissioning a chapter on the irreproducibility crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Wood and David Randall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

National Association of Scholars<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019re right to highlight the difficulty of getting truly unbiased and scientifically accurate background information to judges tasked with adjudicating cases involving climate change. Judges aren\u2019t usually trained in the multiple disciplines lumped together under the term \u201cclimate science\u201d and instead have to rely on neutral, accurate and up-to-date scientific reference material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s another means progressive climate activists use to provide prejudicial information to judges. Much like the high-pressure tactics of the timeshare salesmen of old, the Climate Judiciary Project\u2014a project of the Environmental Law Institute\u2014reportedly offers state and federal judges and their families free multiday training sessions at traditional vacation spots such as Napa Valley, Palm Beach and Hawaii. The Washington Free Beacon reports that these seminars present the viewpoint that the science is settled on points that are still contested and that judges are expected to commit to a year of CJP events\u2014as well as enlist other judges to the cause. Such one-sided presentations bring into question the organization\u2019s claims of nonpartisanship, and the impartiality of any resulting court rulings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally published in Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em> on March 24, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Charles Battig<\/a>, is a CO2<\/sub> Coalition<\/a> Member, retired physician, and electrical engineer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Climate Debrief Podcast <\/em>is now also available on Apple<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, Amazon<\/a>, and iHeartRadio<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The inadequacies of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence (Fourth Edition) extend far beyond the chapter on climate science you discuss in your editorial \u201cA Judicial Climate Science Scandal\u201d (Review & Outlook, March 14). Another chapter, \u201cHow Science Works,\u201d has earned sharp criticism from Jessica Weinkle, an associate professor of public and international affairs at University of North Carolina, Wilmington, and from legal expert Nathan Schachtman. 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