Beyond ridicule, EPA relies on Daily Caller to tell untruths about the National Climate Assessment.

I really should have titled this diary, Dis and Dat on the Climate Front, because I have shared tweets on some real whoppers taking place across the political world. Climate science only attracts a few eyes, partly because of the daily scandals and distractions of the Trump regime so preventing a mass extinction event is critical. Visibility of the topic is one of the few ways we can keep the raking of our climate in the news.

But: because of the jaw-dropping news out of the EPA, how could I not resist and highlight the stunning parody of a US government that is so hostile to facts that they choose to lie to the world on the essential science humanity must understand and accept if we have any chance to save ourselves from planetary catastrophe.

Here are a few tweets that you might have missed among all the daily chaos and scandals of the Trump regime.

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Now the EPA is blasting out "fact checks" on the National Climate Assessment, not by citing peer review science, but the Daily Caller pic.twitter.com/DGL54dyZ1z

— Rebecca Leber (@rebleber) November 28, 2018

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Just what the world needs: Brazil Backs Out of Hosting 2019 Climate Change Meeting https://t.co/5i0EE79avb

— Elizabeth Kolbert (@ElizKolbert) November 28, 2018

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Coal companies are sponsoring #COP24 in Poland because this is our life now https://t.co/vm8k26aBQlpic.twitter.com/Gme9PwsVkL

— Earther (@EARTH3R) November 28, 2018

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The Trump administration's new climate report shows how dangerous its border policies are https://t.co/YYangKhBBApic.twitter.com/usXZ6VV6vw

— Earther (@EARTH3R) November 27, 2018

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It's never too early to start talking about El Niño impacts for 2019 https://t.co/h39YyqPFX2pic.twitter.com/KiXgYzYdAL

— Earther (@EARTH3R) November 30, 2018

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Fire conditions in Queensland, Australia are eerily reminiscent of Northern California https://t.co/wgOkXxMxQopic.twitter.com/SP5Jq24oZ2

— Earther (@EARTH3R) November 27, 2018

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The Sunday discussed climate change, but there was just one problem: It was an absolute trainwreck https://t.co/xDm31JoP0Upic.twitter.com/4BLmzaG9ZE

— Earther (@EARTH3R) November 26, 2018

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The low melt Greenland 2018 was connected to heatwave Europe 2018 by persistent atmospheric circulation that has become a signature of Arctic climate change. I contributed to this report... https://t.co/jbo83KUPGe

— Jason Box (@climate_ice) November 30, 2018

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Endangered Species Listings Sharply Down Under Trump https://t.co/m1Hlsm8jz9

— Noah Greenwald (@Noah_Ark_757) November 30, 2018

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Semi-regular reminder that 2°C isn't a panacea, but instead has plenty of (irreversible) hurt built in.Never mind that 2°C is ridiculously ambitious, given current policies. https://t.co/ENvuFk1cn0

— Gernot Wagner (@GernotWagner) December 1, 2018

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Heavy snow last week has boosted the accumulated #Surfacemassbudget curve to close to average - but the maps show the #Greenland#icesheet is a game of two halves - more snow than usual in the east and more melt/less snow than usual in the westhttps://t.co/Ftg0fkkwJcpic.twitter.com/xqqkRx5Y4d

— Greenland (@greenlandicesmb) November 30, 2018

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#BREAKING: Trump only world leader at G-20 to not sign statement supporting commitment to fighting climate change https://t.co/XzIAssrnsrpic.twitter.com/4LHXqNiwq5

— The Hill (@thehill) December 1, 2018