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Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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September 4, 2026

NAS President Admits “Controversial” Climate Chapter Was Written by Authors Tied to Plaintiffs

For the first time since the National Academies of Sciences temporarily removed a controversial climate science chapter, its new president is publicly addressing the controversy – and acknowledging that the chapters’ authors were closely “associated” with plaintiffs in climate lawsuits.

Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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August 28, 2026

State Attorneys General Call for Investigation into NAS Over Climate Attribution Report

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.

Joe Barone, Shale Directories
Blog
August 10, 2026

NAS Takes Down Climate Science Chapter Amid Accusations of Bias…For Now

After nearly six months of scrutiny, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) announced in a press release on Friday that it is temporarily removing the controversial chapter on climate science from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, while it investigates the processes used to develop the chapter.