GOP Leaders Question National Academies Climate Report
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- EPA announced a plan last summer to revoke its legal authority to regulate climate pollutants, prompting the National Academies’ rapid review.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released a consensus study report just before the EPA’s September deadline, concluding that evidence of climate‑induced health harms is “beyond scientific dispute.”
- House Science Committee (Republican‑led), whose members have received sizable fossil‑fuel industry donations, publicly questioned the formation, funding, and expedited timeline of the Academies’ expert panel.
- Trump administration argued the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding was “unreasonable,” using that stance to justify a proposed repeal of the agency’s climate‑regulation authority.
Why it matters: The EPA’s September deadline for public input will be missed if the repeal proceeds, letting fossil‑fuel firms preserve billions in profits while public‑health protections erode.
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