In a letter to Trump administration officials, 22 state attorneys general have called for an investigation into the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) and the possible suspension and disbarment of federal funding following last month’s publication of its deeply-biased climate science attribution report that attempts to lay the foundation for climate lawsuits against American energy companies.
As Energy In Depth highlighted ahead of NAS’s release, the report was heavily influenced by Michael Burger, the Executive Director of the Sabin Center at Columbia University and Of Counsel at Sher Edling. Burger seemingly attempts to play the role of neutral academic scholar, while inherently standing to benefit financially as an attorney seeking to leverage the report for cases he and his firm are actively litigating.
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