Prominent climate scientists challenge catastrophic warming claims, argue net zero policies are unjustified

 On April 28, atmospheric physicist Dr. Richard Lindzen (MIT) and physicist Dr. William Happer (Princeton) released a groundbreaking paper dismantling the foundational premise of global climate policy: that carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary driver of catastrophic warming. Their findings, supported by decades of radiation physics research, conclude that current CO2 levels have minimal remaining capacity to trap heat and that efforts to eliminate fossil fuels – central to the Net Zero agenda – are scientifically unfounded and economically perilous. The research arrives amid growing scrutiny of climate policies, as U.S. President Donald Trump's administration moves to repeal regulations based on flawed models. 

Lindzen and Happer's analysis hinges on a fundamental physical principle: CO2's heat-trapping capacity diminishes as its atmospheric concentration rises – a concept known as saturation. At today’s level of approximately 420 parts per million (ppm), they argue, additional CO2 contributes negligible warming. Applied to climate models, this means even achieving Net Zero emissions globally by 2050 would suppress temperature rises by just 0.06°F to 0.5°F at most. "The data shows that CO2 is now a weak greenhouse gas. The notion that it's 'the main driver of climate change' is scientifically indefensible," said Happer, an emeritus Princeton professor.

The pair also reject claims linking CO2 to extreme weather, emphasizing that natural climate variability and other factors dominate weather patterns. Historical temperature records from the EPA itself, they note, reveal that U.S. heatwaves in the 1930s exceeded today’s trends, yet CO2 levels were far lower. Lindzen criticized climate models for consistently overestimating warming by 30 – 50 percent, concluding, "They're not just wrong – they're dangerously misleading."...<<<Read More>>>....