The Trump administration has reduced funding for climate research, dismissed federal scientists who worked on the National Climate Assessment, and removed past editions of the report from government websites.
Now, critics say, it is taking the next step: rewriting the science itself, according to a lawsuit filed this week by environmental groups.
The economics are so far past the tipping point now that even with all the political obstruction, renewables accounted for 85% of new US electricity capacity in 2023 - grid bottlenecks are definitley the biggest hurdle now, not cost.