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Administration Plans Revamp of Climate Reports as DOE Study Enters Public Review

Removal of past editions from federal sites clears the way for officials to collect feedback on a DOE report before republishing updated climate assessments.

TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows a destroyed home in Surfside Beach, Texas, on July 8, 2024, after Hurricane Beryl made landfall. Hurricane Beryl made landfall July 8 in the southern US state of Texas, killing at least two people and causing millions to lose power amid dangerous winds and flooding, as some coastal areas remained under evacuation orders. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELIX/AFP via Getty Images)
Power generating wind turbines tower over the rural landscape near Pomeroy, Iowa, on July 5.
Chris Wright appears before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 15.
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Overview

  • Energy Secretary Chris Wright has launched a formal review of all five past National Climate Assessments that were removed from government websites in April.
  • The Department of Energy’s new report by five authors questioning the economic harms of global warming is open to public and scientific peer review through September 2.
  • The Environmental Protection Agency has opened a comment period on its July proposal to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding that underpins greenhouse-gas regulations.
  • The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced a fast-track, independent climate assessment to update scientific evidence ahead of the EPA’s decision.
  • More than 70 climate scientists coordinated by Andrew Dessler and supported by the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society are drafting formal rebuttals to defend mainstream climate findings.