Overview
Recent court rulings have raised significant questions about the formation and operation of a Department of Energy (DOE) advisory body informally referred to as the “Climate Working Group.” A U.S. District Court found that the group violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), a law requiring transparency, balanced representation, and public accountability for federal advisory committees.
The case has drawn attention because several individuals associated with the group have ties to the CO₂ Coalition, a nonprofit organization known for challenging key elements of the mainstream scientific consensus on climate change. The analyses was relied upon by the Trump administration in overturning the Endangerment Finding — a move Trump used for the EPA to roll back major climate and pollution regulations.
United States Department of Energy
Chris Wright (born January 15, 1965) is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the 17th U.S. Secretary of Energy (DOE).
Business Background
Before entering government, Wright was a prominent executive in the fossil fuel industry:
- Liberty Energy: Founder and former CEO of the Denver-based company, which became the second-largest hydraulic fracturing (fracking) firm in North America.
- Pinnacle Technologies: Founded in 1992, this company helped pioneer the hydraulic fracture mapping industry.
The Federal Court Ruling
The U.S. District Court ruled that the DOE’s formation of the “Climate Working Group” violated FACA requirements. Under FACA, federal advisory committees must:
- Operate transparently
- Provide balanced viewpoints
- Maintain publicly accessible records
According to the court, the group did not meet these standards and operated without sufficient public oversight. The report produced by the group was reportedly referenced in efforts related to reconsideration of the Endangerment Finding.
Composition of the Climate Working Group
The group was coordinated by Travis Fisher and included five researchers known for publicly questioning aspects of prevailing climate models and projections:
- Steven E. Koonin
- John Christy
- Judith Curry
- Roy Spencer
- Ross McKitrick
Several of these individuals have professional associations with organizations that are critical of mainstream climate policy frameworks.
Connections to the CO₂ Coalition
The CO₂ Coalition is a nonprofit organization that argues for a reassessment of carbon dioxide’s role in climate change and opposes certain regulatory approaches.
Among the working group members:
- Roy Spencer is publicly listed as affiliated with the CO₂ Coalition and has authored or reviewed materials distributed by the organization.
- John Christy has collaborated with individuals within the same policy network and has worked closely with Spencer on satellite temperature research.
John Shewchuk is a member of the CO2 Coalition. His website, Climate Craze, promotes ecofascist ideology.
These overlapping affiliations have raised concerns among critics regarding ideological alignment and potential lack of viewpoint diversity in the DOE advisory process.
Rob Bradley Jr. and Policy Influence Under the Trump Administration
Under the Trump administration, Bradley publicly promoted the work of the Climate Working Group (CWG), a secretive panel of climate skeptics tasked with producing a report used to justify repealing the 2009 Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding.
Bradley consistently cited the CWG’s work on his platforms, including IER and MasterResource, and advocated for policies informed by their report. He highlighted their analyses as evidence for repealing climate regulations and reducing restrictions on fossil fuel usage. His longstanding professional relationship with Energy Secretary Chris Wright further solidified his influence in shaping policy aligned with CWG findings.
ALSO SEE:
Rob Bradley Jr., the Climate Working Group, and Policy Influence Under the Trump Administration
Mike Fayette
Mike Fayette (the admin) of the Climate Change Debate group claims to be a skeptic. He is involved in an ecofascist coverup. Fayette has been running a climate change denial and ecofascist facebook group since 2016. He has interfered with an investigation into ecofascists.
Connections to Epstein
These same people are connected to the Epstein global criminal enterprise. The large-scale disclosure of materials known as the “Epstein Files” has revealed “disturbing and credible evidence” of what independent human rights experts describe as a global criminal enterprise involving systematic sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls. “So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,” they said.
Trump has been implicated for raping, torturing, and threatening to kill children. The New York Times reports Trump being in the redacted Epstein files over 38,000 times. In February 2026, Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed that searches for Donald Trump’s name in unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files returned more than one million results. In early February 2026, U.S. Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) stated that unredacted files related to Jeffrey Epstein contain “highly disturbing allegations” of Donald Trump raping and threatening to kill children.
ATTN: Citizen Climate Scientists
If you want to help, visit this website and search for terms like “climate change” or related keywords to see what you can find. Then share any interesting findings.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein
ALSO SEE: Epstein’s Network, Climate Denialism, and the Rise of Ecofascist Ideology
Examples:
- Climate change – 658 Results
- Global warming – 218 Results
- Oil – 6,895 Result
Conclusion
My work is not aimed at the typical science skeptic debating percentages or petitions. Rather, my investigative reporting — grounded in decades of experience as a climate scientist and economist — focuses on documenting evidence, ensuring accountability, and tracing decision-making pathways.The goal is not rhetorical persuasion; it is evidentiary clarity.
When policy actions knowingly contradict established scientific risk assessments — especially when such actions foreseeably harm vulnerable populations and future generations — the issue moves beyond scientific consensus. It becomes a matter of legal and ethical responsibility under both domestic and international law. Individuals implicated in such decisions include Rob Bradley Jr., Roy Spencer, John Christy, Mike Fayette, Chris Wright, and Donald J. Trump.
ADDENDUM
When a coordinated working group produces a report that:
- Downplays established climate risk
- Is used to rescind environmental protections
- Leads to increased pollution exposure
- And contributes to measurable health harms to minors
— that shifts the frame from “policy disagreement” to foreseeable harm.
Children are uniquely vulnerable to:
- Air pollution
- Heat exposure
- Flood displacement
- Food insecurity
- Long-term developmental impacts
When policy actions knowingly increase those risks, the legal landscape changes.
You move into:
- Civil liability
- Federal civil rights implications
- International crimes against humanity (particularly where systemic harm to vulnerable populations can be demonstrated).
The UN Report
Epstein files: ‘No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law’; rights experts demand accountability
The large-scale disclosure of materials known as the “Epstein Files” has revealed “disturbing and credible evidence” of what independent human rights experts describe as a global criminal enterprise involving systematic sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls.
“So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,” they said.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/02/1166980
RESOURCES:
- Nonlinear Climate Acceleration and the Convergence of Ecofascist and Eugenics Ideologies
- The Accidental Fascist Hunter: How a Climate Investigation Uncovered Ecofascist Networks
- Epstein’s Network, Climate Denialism, and the Rise of Ecofascist Ideology
- DOE’s “Climate Working Group”: Legal Violations, Ideological Networks, and the Convergence of Climate Denial and Ecofascism
- Koonin’s Continuing Calumnies
- ‘A good way of dealing with overpopulation’: Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism
- Rob Bradley Jr., the Climate Working Group, and Policy Influence Under the Trump Administration
- Additional Legal and Government Sources