"Matthew M. Wielicki, a former University of Alabama geochemist, is skeptical of mainstream climate science and will oversee the nation’s flagship report on the subject."

"The Trump administration has appointed a noted skeptic of mainstream climate science to lead the government-wide program that compiles the National Climate Assessment, the country’s flagship report on the impact of global warming on the United States.

Matthew M. Wielicki, a former geochemist at the University of Alabama, will head the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which is mandated by Congress and last produced an assessment in 2023.

That latest iteration of that report, running more than 1,800 pages, documents a long list of the effects of human-driven warming on the United States, noting recent improvements in climate science had increased certainty about its impacts."

Jake Spring and Miriam Waldvogel report for the Washington Post July 10, 2026. [2]

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