https://nypost.com/2026/05/21/opinion/how-tom-steyer-used-his-billions-to-stifle-climate-dissent/
By John Stossel
Excerpt:
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.
“My views are entirely mainstream,” said 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 said.
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” and so on.
Anyone who disagrees is labeled a “climate denier.”
Steyer, now running for governor of California, gave the center enough money to run hit piece after hit piece describing Pielke’s work as “fantastical falsehoods,” and calling him a “disinformer” who “ignores the data on climate science.”
Pielke didn’t know who funded the smears until WikiLeaks revealed an email to Steyer from ThinkProgress’ editor: “Thanks for your support of this work . . . it’s fair to say, without Climate Progress, Pielke would still be writing on climate change.”
