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Green groups sue Trump administration over report downplaying climate damage
Environmental groups accuse the administration of violating disclosure laws by using a secret skeptical report to reverse climate policies, challenging federal transparency requirements.
- On Tuesday, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists sued the Trump administration in Massachusetts, alleging secret meetings by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to reverse climate rules.
- Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, plaintiffs allege the Climate Working Group operated as an unregistered advisory committee without public disclosure, despite being formed by Energy Secretary Christopher Wright.
- Earlier this year, the administration dismissed all scientists working on the Sixth National Climate Assessment and last month shut down its website, while last week Wright told CNN the assessments are being updated.
- Shortly after NCA6 researchers were dismissed, the American Meteorological Society and American Geophysical Union launched a peer-reviewed collection of climate papers, critics warn the report undercuts consensus.
- The Endangerment Finding, established in 2009, is the legal foundation for regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, and the Climate Working Group aimed to justify rescinding that finding, potentially undermining federal climate rules.
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In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demonstrated that climate change poses a threat to public health in the United States. The Trump administration now wants to prove otherwise.
Environmental groups sue Trump administration over secretive climate science report
A coalition of environmental organizations sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging it relied on a secret panel of climate skeptics to justify weakening federal climate protections.Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill.In short:The Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists filed suit challenging a U.S. Department of Energy report that questioned the severity of climate change and its economic impacts.The lawsuit allege…
Trump Administration Fixing National Climate Reports By Axing All The Annoying Science
As ever, I wish these stock photos had labels saying where and when they were taken. Photo by Shayna Douglas on UnsplashWhile Donald Trump is busily moving ahead with ordering red states to rig elections and taking over our cities, his administration’s war on science hasn’t been forgotten. Here’s a pretty horrible example that we almost missed, f’rinstance: Last week, Energy Secretary and former fracking CEO Chris Wright told CNN that the admini…
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