NEW: Secret panel. Secret meetings. Public policy.
A federal judge says the Energy Dept broke the law by secretly assembling climate skeptics to write a report downplaying global warming—then using it to gut climate protections.

Science in the sunlight or politics in the shadows—you can’t have both. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/climate/energy-department-climate-ruling.html?smid=url-share #climatechange #press