TPM: FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver said Friday that his newly re-launched site will commission a response to an article on disasters and climate change that has come under widespread scrutiny.
The piece, written by Roger Pielke Jr. under the headline "Disasters Cost More Than Ever -- But Not Because of Climate Change," has drawn negative responses from The Guardian, ThinkProgress and Paul Krugman.
"When you read that the cost of disasters is increasing, its tempting to think that it must...