The second Trump administration is taking its hostility to climate science to new levels. In addition to its rhetoric dismissing climate change as a con or scam, recently released government documents show how the administration is seeking to replace scientific facts with propaganda and disinformation.
The Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists recently won a court case against the administration which forced it to release a trove of government documents related to a secretive “Climate Working Group” illegally convened by Energy Secretary Chris Wright. These documents show that the Trump administration secretly enlisted a handpicked group of climate contrarians to write a biased climate report specifically designed to undermine the EPA’s Endangerment Finding. …
The EPA finalized the rule overturning the Endangerment Finding [on February 12, 2026]. Although the EPA claimed not to rely on the enormously flawed Climate Working Group report, key aspects of the final action continue to reflect a serious and unlawful disregard of foundational science. The recently released documents also reveal that the administration discussed enlisting those same climate contrarians to produce the next National Climate Assessment.
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