Trump, Lawmakers Challenge National Academies Climate Attribution Report

President Donald Trump and congressional lawmakers are challenging the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine over its climate-attribution report and its federal contracts. The report examines methods for assessing human contributions to extreme-weather and climate events, while acknowledging that attribution science is still developing. Critics have called for a review of the institution and cancellation of contracts, alleging peer-review and conflict-of-interest problems; those allegations are presented as disputed political concerns rather than established findings.