Climate Change

How Tom Steyer Used His Money To Fuel Climate Hysteria

Researcher Roger Pielke Jr. was targeted for cautioning that global warming is real but "not the apocalypse."

John Stossel | 5.20.2026 4:05 PM

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Billionaire Tom Steyer used his money to attack a lone climate researcher.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s research on climate and disaster policy wins awards and is cited by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

"My views are entirely mainstream," says Pielke. "My work is cited by all three working groups of the IPCC. There's nothing contrarian."

Both Steyer and Pielke agree that "greenhouse gases warm the climate," but Pielke's sin was saying, "it's not the apocalypse."

Because of that, "the Center for American Progress decided to make me a target," he says.

The center is a lefty group that pushes climate hysteria, running articles claiming, "Climate change is fueling more deadly and destructive floods," "Extreme weather is only intensifying," etc.

Anyone who disagrees is labeled a "climate denier."

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