Great news on the climate front

From The Washington Post:

White House to set up panel to counter climate change consensus, officials say
The White House plans to create an ad hoc group of select federal scientists to reassess the government’s analysis of climate science and counter conclusions that the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming the planet, according to three senior administration officials.

The National Security Council initiative would include scientists who question the severity of climate impacts and the extent to which humans contribute to the problem, according to these individuals, who asked for anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

The group would not be subject to the same level of public disclosure as a formal advisory committee.

The move would represent the Trump administration’s most forceful effort to date to challenge the scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are helping drive global warming and that the world could face dire consequences unless countries curb their carbon output over the next few decades.

The idea of a new working group, which top administration officials discussed Friday in the White House Situation Room, represents a modified version of an earlier plan to establish a federal advisory panel on climate and national security. That plan — championed by William Happer, an NSC senior director and a physicist who has challenged the idea that carbon dioxide could damage the planet — would have created an independent federal advisory committee.

This is wonderful news. There is no consensus in science - the idea that all these scientists agree is preposterous. The whole concept of science is that theories are subject to dissection and analysis until proven. The core tenet of global warming - the hockey stick chart has been proven to be a fabrication. Its creator - Michael Mann - took one of his major critics to court and was found in contempt for not releasing core data to the court. This data was gathered with public funds (National Science Foundation grant) and was therefore legally in the public domain.

For President Trump to set up an independent ad hoc group of scientists not slaves at the AGW plantation is much needed. More people die from cold than from heat and everything points to a coming cold period.