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Trump Targets Climate Science Guidance
Coverage from AIP, Inside Climate News, and others
The topic centers on efforts by President Donald Trump and Republican allies to challenge climate science guidance produced or hosted by the National Academies and used in federal judicial contexts.
The Federal Judicial Center removed a climate chapter from its digital reference manual after criticism from Republican attorneys general, while Democratic officials, scientific organizations, and climate-law experts have urged its restoration. The dispute also extends to scrutiny of National Academies climate attribution research and could affect how courts and public agencies access and present scientific information.
The dispute has broadened beyond removal of the judicial chapter: reporting now says a National Academies climate-attribution chapter was also removed during review, while the administration considers funding penalties against the institution.
The story now emphasizes an active counter-campaign: Democratic attorneys general and scientific organizations are pushing to restore the removed climate chapter, while the park-materials dispute is framed as a court-ordered restoration of interpretive content. The current version also adds sharper attribution by naming the chapter’s critics as alleging fossil-fuel bias and the authors as defending it as neutral, peer-reviewed background.