Appeal to authority against your appeal to false authority.

It's not an appeal to majority, but it would be if he were making a case for global warming, which he isn't.

Can't blame them when the people who elect them are so against it.

What claim am I making?

And I suppose we should properly call your assessment an appeal to a majority of authority.

Yes, Skinned's claim is both an appeal to authority and an appeal to majority. It's a pretty strong appeal to majority, though. Not all logical fallacies are wrong conjectures, they just raise warning flags about the legitimacy of an argument. I think in this case, when the VAST majority of the academic community is in agreement, it is a relatively safe appeal to both majority and authority.

If this was "the vast majority of Americans think that unicorns are real", it wouldn't be as impactful, but since these are experts in a well-respected field (I know, a series of appeals to majority etc), it is reasonable to look at the "experts" and see what they say.

it's not even a logical fallacy

Hell no listening to expert opinions isn't a fallacy.