House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman James Comer announced Wednesday he is investigating the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) over an expedited review that possibly was designed to undermine President Donald Trump’s agenda.

NASEM is fast-tracking a review of how greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) might endanger public health, following the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) move to roll back the Endangerment Finding, a landmark Obama-era climate finding. The Daily Caller has the story.

Comer flagged the review for potential “partisan aims” and called on NASEM President Marcia McNutt to provide all communications regarding the proposed Endangerment Finding rule change and the organization’s funding sources to the committee.

“The Committee is concerned that this study is being conducted with partisan aims in mind, as the National Academy of Sciences has made several questionable decisions in past years while under [Ms. McNutt’s] leadership, exposing potential partisan bias.

In 2021, the organization endorsed President Biden’s selection for his Top Science Advisor, despite his history of failing to disclose conflicts of interest and understating the contributions of his colleagues in developing a biotechnology.

The organization has also conducted politicized DEI-focused research and studies.

Members of the committee conducting this fast-tracked study have also shown partisan bias,” Comer said Wednesday.

“Given these positions and affiliations, it is unlikely these individuals can conduct an impartial scientific review, and the Committee has serious concerns that the National Academy of Sciences appears to be enabling the aforementioned partisan conflicts of interest.”

The EPA announced its intent to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding on July 29, which EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin described as tantamount to “driving a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion.”

“Conservatives believe that we can both protect the environment and grow the economy. It’s not a choice. We are choosing to do both. And on top of it, that’s what the American public wants,” Zeldin said on the conservative “Ruthless” podcast on July 29.

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