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Feds try to dodge lawsuit against their bogus climate report

6 hours ago
  • #political controversy
  • #DOE report
  • #climate change
  • The Trump administration dismisses climate change efforts as a scam while ignoring scientific evidence of its impacts.
  • A controversial DOE report, prepared by fringe figures, questioned mainstream climate science but was heavily criticized for its flaws.
  • A lawsuit alleges the DOE report violated federal advisory panel laws; the DOE claims the committee is dissolved to avoid legal action.
  • Congressional Republicans are investigating the National Academies for their planned climate science report, accusing them of undermining the EPA.
  • The DOE advisory committee was selected for their non-mainstream views, producing a report that downplayed climate change severity and suggested benefits from carbon emissions.