Trump Orders Federal Review Of National Academy Of Sciences After Climate Report
Trump Orders Federal Review Of National Academy Of Sciences After Climate Report
Mike Jenkins Mon, July 20, 2026 at 5:48 PM UTC
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President Donald J. Trump
President Donald Trump directed federal suspension and debarment officials on Sunday to review the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) following the release of a controversial climate change report.
The NAS published a more than 250-page report on Thursday advocating for “attribution” research. This branch of science examines how human-caused climate change influences individual extreme weather events and is frequently cited in climate liability lawsuits against energy companies.
The report received funding in part from the Bezos Earth Fund.
In a Sunday post on Truth Social, Trump criticized the organization, arguing that its climate manuals are politically biased and have influenced rulings in major climate litigation.
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“The National Academy of Sciences has historically published analytical Scientific Manuals expressly for our Federal Judiciary,” Trump wrote. “These bogus Manuals were used by Judges to decide massive ‘Climate Change’ Cases, and have created huge losses across our Country. These Manuals have been totally DISCREDITED. Our Nation’s Federal Judges deserve Facts and Science, not Political Fraud and False Science on Climate.”
In the same post, Trump added: “Of course, the Academy has been run by Radical Left Dumocrats who, it turns out, published fraudulent, biased, and misleading Manuals on Climate Change.”
Trump concluded the post by writing: “With this TRUTH, I hereby order Federal Suspension and Debarment Officials to review this conduct. Our Taxpayers should not be funding Climate Fraud, and Judges should never have relied upon it.”
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Members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology argued that the report presents a conflict of interest, stating that attorneys involved in ongoing climate litigation helped set the scientific standards utilized by NAS.
The Wall Street Journal editorial board also published an op-ed Sunday titled “A Climate Coup at the National Academies of Science,” criticizing the document. The board noted that the report suggests attribution research could inform state-level legislation, such as a law passed in Vermont allowing the state to assess financial damages on fossil fuel companies to cover climate adaptation costs. The editorial board stated that the effort aimed “to put a scientific gloss on a coercive exercise of government power.”
The White House did not respond to requests for comment regarding the directive.
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Trump Orders Federal Review Of National Academy Of Sciences After Climate Report
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