Congress: Democrats press Trump to keep climate study ‘integrity’

House Democrats are urging President Donald Trump not to further delay or undermine work on the next edition of the congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment (NCA), arguing the study should be driven by high-quality and peer-reviewed science. Led by Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), chairwoman of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, a Nov. 18 letter from several dozen lawmakers outlines “grave concerns about any attempt to derail or undermine the process for developing” the fifth NCA, which is...