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Trump administration plans to “update” past climate assessments

Energy Secretary Chris Wright Speaks During A Television Interview At The White House
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

By promising revisions to documents already published and peer-reviewed, officials risk turning scientific benchmarks into political instruments.

America’s climate politics just got stormier. Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced that the Trump administration will “update” past National Climate Assessments, sweeping scientific reviews compiled every four years by hundreds of experts, because he dislikes their conclusions.

The reports, running to nearly 2,000 pages in the latest edition, warn

Researchers