GOP AGs Seek Revision to Federal Climate Manual (Connecting the Dots: The National Academy of Sciences, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Cameron Kerry, Climate Czar John Kerry, The Climate Reality Project, The Carnegie Corporation of New York & The Carnegie/Soros Network)
Newsmax.com
By
James Morley III | Thursday, 19 February 2026 01:12 PM EST
A
coalition of Republican attorneys general called on the National
Academy of Sciences to
remove a climate change chapter
from a federal judicial reference manual, arguing that it amounts to political
advocacy funded by taxpayers, the Daily Wire reported Thursday.
Montana
Attorney General Austin Knudsen led the effort, sending a letter to National
Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt demanding she "take
action" to eliminate the "climate science" section from the
"Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence: Fourth Edition," which is
used as a handbook for federal judges.
The
letter was also sent to incoming NAS President Neil Shubin
The
attorneys general said the chapter was written by "leftist activists"
and promotes an anti-fossil fuel agenda.
They
cited co-author Jessica Wentz of Columbia Law School's Sabin Center for Climate
Change Law, who previously wrote that "the world needs to phase out fossil
fuels as rapidly as possible," as well as Radley Horton of Columbia
University's Climate School, who has said it is "absolutely critical"
to "dramatically draw down emissions."
The
Federal Judicial Center this month reportedly removed the climate chapter from
its own version of the manual after more than two dozen Republican attorneys
general warned it could improperly influence court decisions.
"Like
the Federal Judicial Center, the National Academies should immediately remove
the climate science chapter from all available versions of the Fourth
Edition," the attorneys general wrote, to stop what they described as
continued "political pamphleteering."
The
attorneys general also pointed to federal funding as a key issue, writing that
taxpayer dollars "should not be used for political causes,"
especially by an organization Congress created to provide "independent and
objective scientific reports."
They
noted the National Academy of Sciences receives more than $200 million in
federal funding and was allocated $133 million for fiscal year 2025.
The
letter claimed the chapter presents disputed climate litigation
methodologies as "settled" science, while failing to acknowledge
contrary views or disclose conflicts of interest from contributors involved in
climate lawsuits against energy companies.
The
dispute comes as the Trump administration and its allies have increasingly
pushed back against what they describe as left-wing ideology embedded in
taxpayer-funded institutions, including government-linked research bodies,
universities, and advisory organizations.
Conservatives
argue that such entities have drifted from neutral public service into
activism, particularly on climate policy, energy regulation, and environmental
litigation.
Multiple
Republican-led states joined Knudsen's letter, including Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio,
Louisiana, and West Virginia, while outside groups such as Consumers' Research
also backed the effort.
American
Energy CEO Jason Isaacs argued that "judicial education must explain
scientific method, not normalize litigation strategies," warning that
biased materials could "undermine confidence in the courts and the rule of
law."
Connecting
the Dots:
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the National Academy
of Sciences and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Institute
of Medicine is the health arm for the National Academy of
Sciences.
David A. Hamburg was
the president of the Institute of Medicine, the president
emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, an adviser for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Margaret A.
Hamburg’s father.
Margaret A.
Hamburg is David A. Hamburg’s daughter, the VP for
the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and was the
commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Donald Kennedy was
a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the National Academy of Sciences and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Ted Lieu was honored with
the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United
States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the National Academy of Sciences, the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Institute
of Medicine is the health arm for the National Academy of
Sciences.
Harvey V.
Fineberg is the president of the Institute of Medicine,
and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think
tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother, Teresa Heinz Kerry’s brother-in-law and a
senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United
States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the National Academy of Sciences and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
David A. Hamburg was
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), Margaret
A. Hamburg’s father, the president emeritus for the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and the president of the Institute of
Medicine.
Institute
of Medicine is the health arm for the National Academy of
Sciences.
National
Academy of Medicine is a health arm for the National Academy
of Sciences.
Margaret A.
Hamburg is a foreign secretary for the National Academy of
Medicine, a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), David
A. Hamburg’s daughter and was a VP for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and an adviser
for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder the Urban
Institute (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and Jonathan Soros’s father.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
David A. Hamburg was
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the
president of the Institute of Medicine and the president of
the National Academy of Medicine.
Institute
of Medicine is the health arm for the National Academy of
Sciences.
National
Academy of Medicine is a health arm for the National Academy
of Sciences.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the National Academy of Sciences, the New
America Foundation, the Center for American Progress and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Jonathan Soros is a director at the New
America Foundation, George Soros’s son and was the vice
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father, was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter
for the Center for American Progress.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the New
America Foundation, the Climate Reality Project and a
supporter for the Center for American Progress.
Carol M. Browner was
a director at the Climate Reality Project, an administrator for
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the energy czar for
the Barack Obama administration and is a director at the Center
for American Progress.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American
Progress, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the National
Academy of Sciences, and a supporter for the American Society for
Muslim Advancement.
David A. Hamburg was
the president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, an
adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
president of the Institute of Medicine and the president of
the National Academy of Medicine.
Institute
of Medicine is the health arm for the National Academy of
Sciences.
National
Academy of Medicine is a health arm for the National Academy
of Sciences.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the National Academy of Sciences, the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society
for Muslim Advancement.
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the founder of
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the endowed
predecessor schools for Carnegie Mellon University and the founder
of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.
Teresa Heinz
Kerry is an emeritus life trustee at Carnegie Mellon
University, a trustee emeritus for the Carnegie Museums of
Pittsburgh, married to John F. Kerry an honorary trustee at
the Brookings Institution (think tank) and Cameron Kerry’s
sister-in-law.
John F. Kerry is Cameron
F. Kerry’s brother, married to Teresa Heinz Kerry and was
the climate czar for the Joe Biden Administration.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank) the National Academy of Sciences and a supporter
for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F.
Kerry’s brother, Teresa Heinz Kerry’s brother-in-law and a
senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
R. Eden Martin is
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Newton N. Minow was
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation
of New York.
Ted Lieu was honored with
the Carnegie
Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award,
has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United
States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah
Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).
Andrew Carnegie was
the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder
of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank)
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank), the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank), the National Academy of Sciences and a
supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.
David A. Hamburg was
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), Margaret
A. Hamburg’s father, the president emeritus for the Carnegie
Corporation of New York and the president of the Institute of
Medicine.
Institute
of Medicine is the health arm for the National Academy of
Sciences.
National
Academy of Medicine is a health arm for the National Academy
of Sciences.
Margaret A.
Hamburg is a foreign secretary for the National Academy of
Medicine, a trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), David
A. Hamburg’s daughter and was a VP for the Nuclear Threat
Initiative (think tank).
Warren E. Buffett is
a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank) and an adviser
for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder the Urban
Institute (think tank) and the Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and Jonathan Soros’s father.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank).
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a
funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).
David A. Hamburg was
an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), the
president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the
president of the Institute of Medicine and the president of
the National Academy of Medicine.
Institute
of Medicine is the health arm for the National Academy of
Sciences.
National
Academy of Medicine is a health arm for the National Academy
of Sciences.
Carnegie
Corporation of New York was a funder for National Academy of
Sciences and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim
Advancement.
Resources:
Past Research
TIAA
Our Leadership Team (Carnegie Corporation New York
& the National Academy of Sciences)
Saturday,
October 8, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/10/tiaa-our-leadership-team.html
Teachers
Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) (Carnegie Corporation New York & the National Academy
of Sciences)
Friday,
October 7, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/10/teachers-insurance-and-annuity.html
Have
A Doughnut: FDA Scare Debunked by Study (Carnegie
Corporation New York & the National Academy of Sciences)
Wednesday,
September 23, 2015
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/09/have-doughnut-fda-scare-debunked-by.html
Pepsi
- Obama Logo Controversey (Connecting the Dots: PepsiCo, Inc., The Center for
American Progress, Barack Obama administration, The Carnegie Corporation of New
York & the Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past
Research on the Carnegie/Soros Network)
Saturday,
March 14, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/pepsi-obama-logo-controversey.html
Sen.
Warren Presses Amazon on Algorithmic Pricing for Schools (Connecting the Dots:
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ganesh Sitaraman, The Center for American Progress,
Amazon, HUD, The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, The Urban Institute, The U.S.
Department of Education & The Carnegie/Soros Network) (Past Research on Newton N. Minow)
Thursday,
March 12, 2026
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2026/03/sen-warren-presses-amazon-on.html
The
Ghost Armada (Connecting the Dots: United Against Nuclear Iran, Antony Blinken,
Iran, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, The View, Kamala
Harris, Hunter Biden & Soros Funding, All Networking) (Past Research on the New America Foundation)
Thursday,
June 19, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-ghost-armada-connecting-dots-united.html
Trump
to Rescind Obama Climate Orders with EO on Energy Independence (Past Research on the Climate Reality Project & the EPA)
Tuesday,
March 28, 2017
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2017/03/trump-to-rescind-obama-climate-orders.html
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