Lauded climate scientist Steve Running takes buyout from University of Montana - KEILA SZPALLER, Missoulian

Professor Steve Running, whose work on climate science shared in a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, accepted a buyout offer and retired in July from the University of Montana. "I'm 67 years old," Running said Thursday. "I'm getting older and kind of tired-er and beat down by the climate wars. "So this is really a chance to both help the university budget crisis and preserve my own personal energy for more climate wars, which I wish weren't necessary. But it appears that they are." President Donald Trump has called climate change a "hoax," although he more recently said there's "some connectivity" between human activity and global warming. http://missoulian.com/news/local/lauded-climate-scientist-steve-running-takes-buyout-from-university-of/article_d0bcdbb1-1c42-5983-ba35-fb4c6d48f2c1.html