According to Philip Bump of
The Washington Post,
National Review "has regularly criticized and rejected the scientific consensus on climate change".
[60] In 2015, the magazine published an intentionally deceptive graph that suggested that there was no climate change.
[60][61][62] The graph set the lower and upper bounds of the chart at -10 and 110 degree Fahrenheit and zoomed out so as to obscure warming trends.
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In 2017,
National Review published an article alleging that a top NOAA scientist claimed that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) engaged in data manipulation and rushed a study based on faulty data in order to influence the Paris climate negotiations.
[63] The article largely repeated allegations made in
The Daily Mail without independent verification.
[64] The scientist in question later rebuked the claims made by the
National Review, noting that he did not accuse NOAA of data manipulation but instead raised concerns about "the way data was handled, documented and stored, raising issues of transparency and availability".
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In 2014, climate scientist
Michael E. Mann sued the
National Review after columnist Mark Steyn accused Mann of fraud and referenced a quote from Competitive Enterprise Institute writer Rand Simberg that called Mann "the Jerry Sandusky of climate science, except that instead of molesting children, he has molested and tortured data."
[65][66][67] Civil-liberties organizations such as the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and several publications such as
The Washington Post expressed support for National Review in the lawsuit, filing amicus briefs in their defense.
[68] There is no evidence that Mann has engaged in fraud.
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