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National Academies removes climate chapter from judges' manual under Trump pressure

The top U.S. scientific body deleted climate science guidance after pressure from Republican leaders including President Trump.

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Summary, timeline and people extracted by Claude from 8 items across 3 sources · 3h ago. Quotes are verbatim.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine removed a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges following pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump. The deletion marks a significant retreat by a premier scientific institution in the face of political pressure on climate policy.

  • The National Academies removed climate science guidance from a judges' reference manual under political pressure.
  • President Trump and Republican leaders drove the pressure that led to the deletion.
  • The action represents a significant retreat by a leading U.S. scientific institution on climate policy.

How it unfolded

  1. Report Story gains wider circulation on social media

    New York Times reports the removal and the political outcry from the right that prompted it, drawing significant engagement on Bluesky.

  2. Report National Academies deletes climate chapter from judges' manual

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine removed a climate science chapter from a reference manual for judges after coming under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.

What people are saying verbatim

“The top scientific body in the U.S. has removed a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after an outcry from critics on the right, including President Trump.”

New York Times · Bluesky ↗

“The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.”

Karen Zraick · New York Times ↗ · Aug 9

Voices from the web unedited

  • The top scientific body in the U.S. has removed a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges after an outcry from critics on the right, including President Trump.

    nytimes.comBluesky8h ago223▲view on Bluesky ↗

  • National Academy of Sciences pulls climate chapter from judges’ manual President Donald Trump and other Republican officials had criticized this chapter as biased against fossil fuel companies https://www. scientificamerican.com/article /national-academy-of-sciences-pulls-climate-chapter-from-judges-manual/

    cookiesinheaven@m.ai6yr.orgMastodon · journa.host3h agoview on Mastodon ↗

  • Profiles in Cowardice: National Academy of Sciences pulls climate chapter from judges’ manual

    jenlucpiquant.bsky.socialBluesky7h ago128▲view on Bluesky ↗