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Prominent scientist sues critic of his work for $10 million

November 1, 2017

UPDATED Nov. 1, 2017 at 5:45 p.m. PT with a statement from Christopher Clack.

In a rare move that is likely to spark an intense debate in the climate science community, Mark Z. Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, has filed suit in D.C. Superior Court against the author and publisher of a peer reviewed study criticizing his work. 

Jacobson is the lead author of a widely publicized study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in 2015 that mapped out a course to powering the U.S. entirely by renewable energy sources by the year 2050.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Prominent scientist sues critic of his work for million

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