Climate change retraction spurs calls for policy reviews and journalistic skepticism

Climate change retraction spurs calls for policy reviews and journalistic skepticism

Of all of the lightning-rod topics, climate change is up there with abortion, guns and immigration in its conductivity for divisiveness. In 2024, one of the world’s top environmental journals published a study predicting $38 trillion in global yearly economic activity would be erased if humans didn't change course on climate policies before 2050. It quickly became ubiquitous. More than a year later, it has been retracted. The study’s authors are…