The Worst-Case Emissions Scenario That Turned Out To Be A Lot Of Hot Air

Multnomah County’s $51 billion climate lawsuit against America’s energy producers was never going to age well. It was built on activist science, conflicted lawyers, and a worst-case scenario its own modelers admitted was implausible. This month, the bottom fell out. In April 2026, the international scientific committee that designs climate scenarios for the United Nations officially retired ...