"Climate Scientist Michael Mann Awarded $1 Million in Defamation Lawsuit"
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Climate scientist Michael Mann was awarded $1 million in a defamation lawsuit against two conservative writers who compared his work on global warming to that of a convicted child molester. The jury found the writers' comments had affected Mann's career and reputation, awarding him $1 in compensatory damages from each writer, as well as punitive damages of $1,000 from one and $1 million from the other. The trial comes amid ongoing partisan divisions over climate change in the United States.
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