Climatewire | Scientists were confused with a climate report by scientists who were prescribed by Congress, he tried to immerse the scientists. He returned to the White House in a role that has had a major impact on the next version of the evaluation.
Stuart Levenbach entered the management of administrative officials in the last month in the management and budget office of natural director, energy, science and water.
The previous period of President Donald Trump was in the White House, Levenbach tried to ton the conclusions of the National Climate Assessment, a wide report that trusts Contributions of Hundreds of Researchers Global warming to evaluate how it transforms in the United States.
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Scientists say Levenbach tried to reduce climate risks in the fourth part of the report, which comes out every four years. In this edition, Levenbach was particularly worried, the emissions of greenhouse gases were partially based on greenhouse emissions and sought the language of the summary of the report, scientists say.
“He was not what he tried to get out,” said Don Wuebles, as he had a climate scientist at the University of Illinois who has worked in the previous five previous national climate evaluations.
Levenbach’s delay tactics Failed after all and the fourth part of the report was released in 2018 Thanks and the next day.
In response to the questions of Politico’s E & E news, a Trump Administration official described the management of scientists who described the management and budget offices that are “fake news”.
Levenbach joins his director, fighting Russia, who wants to remove climate sciences throughout the federal government Increase Trump overseeing over the White House In the next part of the National Climate Evaluation, it takes place in 2026 or 2027.
Fights, a 2025 conservative policy policy policy, specifically directed the national climate evaluation in the chapter he wrote when the presidency was expanded. Fighting said the report Narrier must be controlled To reduce the impact of the White House in the implementation, as well as also adopt the capacity of federal regulations.
The evaluation described the fight Presidential threat.
The US Global Change Research Programs “plans and strategic research (e.g., produces national climate evaluation) for presidential decisions and agency agency and adjudications”, “
In the first administration of Trump, Levenbach was a qualification of the National Administration of Oceanic and Atmospheric, before naming the Economic National Council of the White Council on the Economic Quality. When I was going, the administration caught the releases of the National Climate Assessment.
Levenbach had several Trump Administration officials who tried to force scientists who worked in the report of their findings, said the University of Illinois.
Levenbach questioned the scientific consequences of the report and then asked to see the research protected by the original findings, although they were mentioned in the report. It seemed like creating a series of road blocks designed to block the report release, he said.
“Let’s slow down this idea that it never comes out,” Wueblus said.
At the time, Noaa had a higher weight than Noaa because the agency would work without a permanent administrator and therefore the first Trump presidential.
To get a comment, Rachel Cauley did not deny that Levenbach tried to change the report, but he criticized how he was placed.
“Evaluation has been the worst case and the authors were not transparent around it,” said in a statement.
Levenbach refused to comment.
National Climate Evaluation is based on a series of spill scenarios, including non-worst cases. A Fourth version of the report Finished, the country was not on the track to cut carbon dioxide emissions at the rhythm to avoid some of the worst effects of climate change.
“Lightening and adaptation efforts have significantly expanded to the scale that is considered necessary, to avoid significant harms in the next decades, environment, and human health,” the researchers concluded.
Within the first time of Trump, the official house officials discussed the report. Someone proposed to shoot scientists who worked, Politico’s E & E News reported earlier.
The Federal Researcher who has resisted Trump officials to change the discoveries of the report, removed from their work and was assigned to smaller roles.
Virginia Burkett was president of the United States Global Change Research Program, which generates the report. Burkett said Levenbach refused to penetrate the scientific consequences of the report and, after this attitude, he said that he was removed as president of the US Change Global Research Program.
In July 2024, Burkett presented Fuler’s complaint With the general inspector of the interior department. It had noted that “some actions have been revenge against me” to block change in the national climate evaluation.
“I promoted a successful interrogence to avoid the findings of the last minute alterations to avoid the discoveries of the report, in the oceanic and atmospheric administration,” said in a statement. “These proposed changes presented work of more than 300 federal and academic scientists in a report with a wide review of public, public and national academies.”
This complaint is still open and is researching, according to the defense fund of climate scientists working with Burkett.
In Craig McLean, the leading scientist was in Trump, Levenbach and Noaa other officials who “hold” the national climate assessment, and the report can never be released without Burkett’s defense.
“It was steep until Virginia came out, and then suddenly,” Yes, we have to go well, “McLean said.” He held on. Noa would not accept it. “
Eventually, the national climate-fourth national evaluation was released, but he tried to bury the administration by placing it in black Friday. The plan back, however, and the report created a significant media coverage.
Trump said he did not “believe” the report.
After loss of Trump in 2020 elections, Levenbach worked at Oking Hughes, in a technology technology company, “About the use of permanent energy sources around the world.” He is a PhD in Marine Ecology.
Levenbach is the appointment of a strong white house with the supervision of the nation’s scientific efforts Prepare a challenge to jeopardize dangerGreenhouse gases are the basis for the risk of bed resolution and climate regulations.
On her Linked to the profileLevenbach stated that OMM’s new role “agencies to ensure alignment with the President’s preferences.”
Trump and his team said their priorities reduce immigration, reduce the size of the federal government and powerful the US fossil fuels industry.
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