Green groups sue Trump administration over report downplaying climate damage

Environmental advocates are suing the Trump administration over what they described as a secretive plan to undermine climate science.

In a new lawsuit filed Tuesday, the Environmental Defense Fund and Union of Concerned Scientists challenge a new federal report that claimed climate models contain “exaggerated projections of future warming” and that “CO2-induced warming might be less damaging economically than commonly believed.”

There is a scientific consensus that climate change is exacerbating extreme weather.