Climate Activists Seek to Influence Judges on Big Oil Litigation Through Taxpayer-Funded Reference Manual

Climate Activists Seek to Influence Judges on Big Oil Litigation Through Taxpayer-Funded Reference Manual

The Federal Judicial Center, a taxpayer-funded nonprofit created by Congress, regularly publishes a manual that is billed as a neutral judicial educational tool to break down complicated scientific topics that may arise in litigation. Yet its most recent edition featured a politically-biased "climate science" section that relied on research from radical left-leaning actors to persuade judges to rule in favor of progressive plaintiffs in climate …

Republican States Target Biased Climate Guide Used by Judges

More than a dozen Republican attorneys general are demanding the Trump administration cut off federal funding to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, accusing the taxpayer-funded organization of producing a biased climate change manual designed to tilt the scales in multi-billion-dollar lawsuits against the energy industry. The letter, addressed to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and …

Top Science Org’s Taxpayer Lifeline In Jeopardy Over Climate Activism

Over a dozen Republican attorneys general demanded Wednesday that the Trump administration suspend or yank funding for a taxpayer-funded scientific organization over politically biased climate change activism, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Wire.Led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, the GOP officials said that a chapter included in the “Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence: Fourth Edition” produced by the National Academ