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Here is a summary of the article about the lawsuit against the Trump administration’s climate working group:

• Lawsuit Filed: The Environmental Defense Fund and Union of Concerned Scientists are suing the Trump administration. They allege a “secretive plan” to undermine climate science.
• The Report in Question: The lawsuit challenges a new report from the Department of Energy (DOE) which claims that climate models have “exaggerated projections of future warming” and that the economic damage from CO2 might be less severe than commonly believed.
• Contradicting Scientific Consensus: This report was released at the same time the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to reverse the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which stated that greenhouse gases endanger the public. The lawsuit claims that the DOE and EPA are attempting to “manufacture a basis to reject” the scientific consensus on climate change.
• Secretive Working Group: The suit alleges that the Secretary of Energy, Christopher Wright, secretly formed a “Climate Working Group” of five climate change skeptics to produce the report.
• Violation of Law: The environmental groups argue that this working group should have been a formal advisory committee, subject to specific legal requirements, and they are asking a federal court to vacate the actions taken by the group.
• Official Responses: The DOE referred to a statement by Secretary Wright, who said he chose a “diverse team of independent experts” and exerted no control over their conclusions. The EPA declined to comment on the pending litigation.