Famed climate scientist wins million-dollar verdict against right-wing bloggers The verdict comes amid heightened attacks on scientists working on climate change, vaccines and other issues
By Dino Grandoni
February 8, 2024 at 5:38 p.m. EST
Michael Mann, a prominent climate scientist, won his long-standing legal battle against two right-wing bloggers who claimed that he manipulated data in his research and compared him to convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, a major victory for the outspoken researcher.
A jury in a civil trial in Washington on Thursday found that the two writers, Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn, defamed and injured the researcher in a pair of blog posts published in 2012, and awarded him more than $1 million.
“I hope this verdict sends a message that falsely attacking climate scientists is not protected speech,” Mann said in a statement
