Reshape the government's climate change research program
What the document says“The President should also issue an executive order to reshape the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and related climate change research programs.”
The chapter states that the research program's products, such as the National Climate Assessment, narrow the legally proper options available in presidential decisions and agency rulemakings, and can frustrate the government's defense of litigation. It says the process should include diverse viewpoints, that OSTP and OMB should jointly assess the independence of the contractors used, and that related offices should be confined to a more limited advisory role.
What the document actually says“The President should also issue an executive order to reshape the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and related climate change research programs.”
The president should sign an order. It would change how the government studies climate change.
The government runs a big climate research program. It writes reports on what is happening. The book says those reports limit what the president can then do. It wants the program changed by order.
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