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By Eloise Goldsmith
\nApr 29, 2025<\/p>\n

Hundreds of scientists and experts working on the National Climate Assessment were dismissed by the Trump administration via email on Monday,\u00a0casting doubt<\/a>\u00a0on the future of the federal government’s flagship climate report, which was slated to come out by 2028.<\/p>\n

On Monday, those working on the 6th version of the report received an email from the Trump administration that the scope of the assessment is being “reevaluated in accordance with the Global Change Research Act of 1990″\u2014in reference to the legislation that mandated the creation of the National Climate Assessment.<\/p>\n

“We are now releasing all current assessment participants from their roles,” continued the email, the text of which was included in a Monday\u00a0statement<\/a>\u00a0from the group the Union of Concerned Scientists.<\/p>\n

“Today, the Trump administration senselessly took a hatchet to a crucial and comprehensive U.S. climate science report by dismissing its authors without cause or a plan,” said Dr. Rachel Cleetus, a senior policy director at the Union of Concerned Scientists and an author for the 6th National Climate Assessment (NCA) on the coasts chapter,\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0on Monday. “People around the nation rely on the NCA to understand how climate change is impacting their daily lives already and what to expect in the future. While not policy prescriptive, the findings of previous reports underscore the importance of cutting heat-trapping emissions and investing in climate resilience to protect communities and the economy.”<\/p>\n

“The only beneficiaries of disrupting or killing this report are the fossil fuel industry and those intent on boosting oil and gas profits at the expense of people’s health and the nation’s economic well-being,” added Cleetus.<\/p>\n

Since entering office, Trump has signed executive orders aimed at bolstering\u00a0oil, gas<\/a>, and\u00a0coal<\/a>\u00a0and installed\u00a0Cabinet members<\/a>\u00a0with ties to the fossil fuel\u00a0industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The assessment, which is\u00a0required<\/a>\u00a0by Congress, has been released every few years since 2000 and gives a rundown of how global warming is impacting different sectors of the economy, ecosystems, and communities. The energy and environment focused outlet\u00a0E&E News<\/em>reported<\/a>\u00a0Tuesday that the report is “seen by experts as the definitive body of research about how global warming is transforming the country.”<\/p>\n

The report last came out in 2023. That National Climate Assessment\u00a0established<\/a>\u00a0that the “effects of human-caused climate change are already far-reaching and worsening across every region” of the United States. The report’s authors warned that absent\u00a0deeper cuts<\/a>\u00a0in fossil fuel emissions and accelerated adaption efforts compared to what’s currently underway, “severe climate risks to the United States will continue to grow.”<\/p>\n

Earlier in April, the Trump administration\u00a0enacted<\/a>\u00a0cuts to the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which oversees the production of the National Climate Assessment.<\/p>\n

(Common Dreams)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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