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Trump’s Dismissal of Key US Climate Report Panel Triggers Alarms

Bloomberg Law News · last updated

The Trump administration’s dismissal of the authors of the National Climate Assessment poses risks for large sectors of the economy that depend on the report to guide everything from crop planning to insurance rate-setting, climate scientists say.

“It’s not just about the causes of climate change,” said Howard Crystal, senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It provides critical local information about what is in store for communities down the road.”

The Trump administration dismissed all authors of the periodic assessment in a Monday email, according to several report authors and reviewers, leaving its future in question.

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