"The president invoked an obscure process to review the institution’s federal grants over what he says is “climate fraud.”"
"The oil industry and its allies gained a major supporter in their yearslong effort to derail climate science programs at the National Academies: the president of the United States.
It had the immediate effect of escalating the risk facing the institution over its work aimed at educating federal judges about the science behind climate change.
In a Truth Social post on Sunday, President Donald Trump ordered his administration to open a so-called suspension and debarment investigation into the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine for what he called a “fraudulent, biased, and misleading” publication on climate change."
Lesley Clark and Chelsea Harvey report for E&E News July 21, 2026.
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