Climate Change Wackos just can't stop lying

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Climate Change Wackos just can't stop lying

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Under Scrutiny, Authors of Activist Study on Asthma and Gas Stoves Admit No ‘Causal Relationship’
Nicole Jacobs // Team Lead, Hughesville PA
Jan. 13, 2023

Authors of a recent study that has been touted by activists, the U.S. Energy Secretary and in media outlets across the country as justification for the Consumer Product Safety Commission to enact a federal gas stove ban have been forced to admit that their study does not actually find a causal link between using a gas stove and increased cases of asthma. As the Washington Examiner reports: “Responding to a request for comment, RMI manager Brady Seals told the Washington Examiner in an email Wednesday that the think tank’s study ‘does not assume or estimate a causal relationship’ between childhood asthma and natural gas stoves.” That’s a big backtrack from Seals’ depiction of the study when it was released in December. At the time she tweeted that her team “found that 12.7% of childhood current asthma in the US can be attributable to gas stove use.” RMI’s claim of a causal link between gas stove usage and childhood asthma was always suspect. The fact that one of the lead authors had to publicly backtrack weeks later – albeit after countless headlines repeating the claim were published – suggests that the study cannot withstand scrutiny.

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Dan Steffens
Energy Prospectus Group
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