Trump Said To Cancel Climate Review Contract, Amid EPA GHG Rollbacks

Reports that the Trump administration has scaled back or terminated a contract supporting staff for the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) are sparking fears that officials will effectively kill or significantly repurpose a congressionally mandated federal climate assessment in ways that could accelerate climate misinformation. The reports are also prompting questions about whether the administration’s climate science personnel action might set the stage for future release of information that the administration might use to inform, or later defend, a...