Overview

• Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed the administration will review and issue updated versions of past National Climate Assessment reports with official comments.
• A recent DOE study downplaying climate risks entered public review and was criticized by experts as a misleading, non–peer-reviewed summary.
• After nearly 400 scientists were dismissed and the federal NCA website taken down, the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society pledged to produce independent peer-reviewed analyses.
• Legal challenges are underway against the DOE report and an EPA proposal to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding, citing procedural and statutory violations.
• Critics warn that altering or removing established assessments could weaken greenhouse-gas regulations and leave federal, state and local planners without authoritative climate guidance.