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Climate Attribution and U.S. Assessments
Coverage from Politico, Eurasia Review, and others
Climate attribution research examines how human-caused warming changes the likelihood or severity of events such as heat waves, storms, floods, hurricanes, and regional climate patterns.
In the United States, the work has become the focus of debates over the National Academies’ report Attribution of Extreme Weather and Climate Events and their Impacts, including questions about methods, peer review, funding, and federal oversight. Attribution findings also matter in lawsuits and policy proposals concerning potential liability for fossil-fuel emissions, including disputes involving Suncor and other energy companies.
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Important
Republican-backed oil industry allies contest a National Academies attribution study ahead of climate disaster lawsuits, with Supreme Court arguments and Verisk Analytics litigation stakes.
6/11/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Scientists dispute a US DOE report in 2025, asserting human caused warming in the United States based on satellite data and climate models.
3/1/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Scientists led by Benjamin Santer in 2025 dispute a U.S. Department of Energy report on human influence in climate in the United States.
2/27/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Benjamin Santer and colleagues publish a 2025 rebuttal to a Department of Energy climate report in the United States to correct claims about human influence on warming.
2/27/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
NASEM will publish an updated extreme weather attribution report as U.S. lawmakers and courts contest its use in climate-damage lawsuits, including Oregon cases tied to a 2021 heat dome.
7/15/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Donald Trump and congressional lawmakers sought federal review of the National Academies after a report linked energy company emissions to extreme weather attribution findings.
7/28/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
Donald Trump and U.S. lawmakers seek federal review after scrutiny of a National Academy report attributing extreme weather to emissions from energy companies.
7/28/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
President Donald Trump and U.S. lawmakers challenged National Academies federal contracts tied to extreme weather attribution methods based on climate model comparisons.
7/28/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
In the USA during 2024 to 2025, President Donald Trump and members of Congress scrutinized the National Academy for Sciences report on extreme weather attribution amid oversight and litigation-linked conflict concerns.
7/28/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
In the United States, President Donald Trump and lawmakers scrutinize a National Academies attribution report after more than $205 million in 2024 federal contracts.
7/27/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
National Academy of Sciences released a July 16, 2026 report on climate attribution showing fossil-fuel emissions increase extreme weather likelihood and severity.
7/16/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
On June 10 and 11, Columbia Climate School and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law held a conference linking attribution science to climate lawsuits and regulation, while highlighting NCAR disruption risks and legal barriers.
6/25/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Benjamin Santer disputes a 2025 US Department of Energy attribution report as US EPA considers reversing the 2009 endangerment finding.
7/2/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Interesting
CO2 Coalition members criticized a National Academies extreme-weather attribution report after a 253-page webinar reviewed model-based damage attribution and counterfactual assumptions.
7/27/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
President Donald Trump and members of Congress scrutinize a National Academies report on extreme weather attribution tied to energy companies as the Supreme Court prepares for Suncor v. Boulder County Commissioners.
7/28/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump scrutinize a National Academy attribution report linking human activity to extreme weather signals ahead of ongoing litigation review.
7/28/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
House SEEC leaders in Washington, D.C., issued a statement after a National Academies report on extreme weather attribution, citing evidence for human-caused climate change and criticizing federal data suppression.
7/16/2026 • Climate Science & Impacts • General
National Academies attribution methods are cited in U.S. climate lawsuits and climate superfund bills as fossil-fuel industry groups oppose accountability legislation amid wildfire impacts.
7/28/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
National Academies released an attribution report last week, and President Trump ordered federal reviews after criticism tied to climate litigation and liability.
7/23/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a climate-liability case, while coverage described attribution science and reported glacier melt exposing artifacts in Switzerland.
10/6/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
National Academies extreme weather attribution research faces opposition research and open records requests amid U.S. climate liability lawsuits in the 2020s.
6/12/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
National Academies extreme weather attribution report faces political and records-request pressure, potentially affecting climate-liability cases in the USA.
6/11/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Climate attribution scientists and lawyers met at Columbia University to discuss fossil fuel and political efforts targeting attribution research and climate lawsuit pathways.
6/12/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
George Mason Universitys Antonin Scalia Law School Law and Economics Center hosted a judges symposium in Nashville focused on skepticism toward climate attribution science, funded partly by ExxonMobil.
5/3/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Columbia University hosted a Sabin Center meeting on extreme event attribution and climate law, highlighting litigation stakes and described campaigns challenging attribution credibility.
6/16/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Michael Burger and Sher Edling involvement are criticized as NAS prepares a climate attribution science report and July 16 webinar on legal-use design.
7/14/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
DOE releases a roughly 150 page Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate in the United States amid EPA endangerment finding rollback discussions.
8/20/2025 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
National Academies climate attribution efforts face growing US political scrutiny, with fossil fuel liability concerns and court-evidence stakes tied to attribution science.
6/12/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General
Additional
NASEM published a report on human attribution to extreme temperatures, rainfall, and compound hot-dry events that plaintiffs may use in state lawsuits against Chevron and ExxonMobil.
7/21/2026 • Policy, Politics & Governance • General