"Green Groups Sue Trump Admin Over Report Downplaying Climate Damage"

"Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they described as a secretive plan to undermine climate science.

In a new lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Environmental Defense Fund and Union of Concerned Scientists challenge a new federal report that claimed climate models contain “exaggerated projections of future warming” and that “CO2-induced warming might be less damaging economically than commonly believed.”

There is a scientific consensus that climate change is exacerbating extreme weather.

The report, from the Energy Department (DOE) was released alongside an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to overturn the 2009 Endangerment Finding which said planet-warming gases pose a threat to the public."

Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill August 12, 2025.