‘Secret’ Group Led Broad Climate Rule Rollback, Lawsuit Says (1)

The Trump administration illegally relied on a secretive working group to quietly justify the rollback of bedrock language naming greenhouse gases as a threat to health, according to a lawsuit brought by two environmental groups Tuesday.

The Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists claim the Environmental Protection Agency and Energy Department went against the Federal Advisory Committee Act by creating the Climate Working Group and relying on a report drafted by the committee that was undisclosed to the public.

The report released by the Department of Energy—"A ...