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  "path": "/2026/04/12/happer-lindzen-koonin-letter-to-the-federal-judicial-center/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-13T05:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://wattsupwiththat.com",
  "tags": [
    "97% consensus",
    "Climate Lawsuits",
    "Federal Judicial Center",
    "Reference Guide on Climate Science",
    "Richard Lindzen",
    "Steve Koonin",
    "Will Happer"
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  "textContent": "Because the “How Science Works” chapter was written in large part to support the now-withdrawn climate chapter—and because it departs so dramatically from the Manual’s tradition of neutrality—we respectfully recommend that it also be withdrawn before federal and state judges are mistakenly led to use it to admit or exclude scientific evidence, and its false science contaminates what we understand is more than 1,000 climate-related cases in state and federal courts.",
  "title": "Happer, Lindzen, Koonin Letter to the Federal Judicial Center"
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