A lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of rewriting climate science. Environmental groups allege the Department of Energy secretly commissioned a report minimizing the economic impact of climate change and downplaying human contributions to warming. The report, authored by five scientists labeled as climate skeptics, contradicts the overwhelming scientific consensus. The report's findings are being used to justify the EPA's revocation of the Endangerment Finding, a 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. Critics claim the process violated transparency laws, leading to the lawsuit.

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