Republican leaders on the House Science Committee on Friday criticized one of the nation’s premiere scientific bodies over a report supporting mainstream climate science.
The letter demanding information also hints at an oversight crackdown on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which was initially chartered by Congress in 1863 to provide scientific advice to the government.
The September report concluded that the science of climate change is “beyond scientific dispute,” countering Trump administration findings questioning the science.
Ultimately, EPA backed away from attacking the science of climate change in its final rule repealing the endangerment finding and tailpipe standards, instead leaning on legal arguments that it lacks regulatory authority and that curbing emissions would be futile given the global scope of the phenomenon.
