Trump Admin To Claim Climate Change Is Beneficial

Politico E&E reports:

President Donald Trump has long rejected climate science. Now, his administration is grappling with how to assemble a body of federal climate research to show a warming world is benefiting humanity. The claims would be highly misleading and ignore decades of scientific research that shows climate change will have increasingly dire effects.

But a federal report downplaying or denying the threat of climate change would become a cornerstone of Trump’s efforts to end or weaken climate regulations while expanding executive authority. It also would mark an escalation of Trump’s own climate disinformation from rhetoric to federal action.

The Trump assault on climate science has begun in earnest. In its first weeks, the Trump administration fired climate scientists and removed climate-related government web pages while Cabinet officials made false climate claims.

Read the full article. As the linked piece notes, the above is a long-stated plan by Project 2025 kingpin Russell Vought.

NEW via @eenews.bsky.social’s @scottpwaldman.bsky.social:

“#Trump’s next #climate move: Show global warming benefits humanity
A new federal report downplaying or denying #ClimateChange could drive a reversal of climate rules and expansion of executive authority.”
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— Devon Heinen (@devonheinen.bsky.social) March 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM