The author of this article is a glorified right conspiracist who uses the "previously liberal but turned right" trope. At best it's a grifter, at worst he belie

The author of this article is a glorified right conspiracist who uses the "previously liberal but turned right" trope. At best it's a grifter, at worst he believes what he writes. Shellenberger already downplayed the climate change urgency and said himself to be skeptical of scientific "consensus". Despite Shellenberger insists on the independence of the authors of this particular paper, you should know this paper uses cherrypicked data (it excludes satellite data and it literally cherrypicked specific area excluding others) and it's written by a 65 yo entomologist and a "engineer" who is also a consultant that frequently speaks at events funded by fossil fuel lobbyists (CLINTEL). Yes, "independent".