Urge the Federal Judicial Center to reinstate the climate science section in the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence and resist fossil fuel industry attacks on climate science guidance for judges.

Sheldon Whitehouse · Rhode Island · Democratic

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Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Whitehouse's Senate office said he sent a letter last week to the Federal Judicial Center about its removal of climate science guidance. The release says the new letter again urges the FJC to reinstate the climate science section and resist attacks from the fossil fuel industry.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Whitehouse took the concrete action promised: he formally urged the FJC to restore the climate science section and resist fossil-fuel-industry pressure.

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Whitehouse Urges Federal Judicial Center Not to Surrender to Climate Denial Campaign by Fossil Fuel Industry against Climate Science Manual
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The Federal Judicial Center's Volume II table of contents states: "The FJC omitted Reference Guide on Climate Science on February 6, 2026." The same omission notice appears where the chapter would have begun.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The FJC's own manual confirms the climate science guide remained omitted in the FJC version, so Whitehouse's urging was an effort to reverse an unresolved removal rather than proof that the FJC had reinstated the chapter.

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Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, Fourth Edition, Volume II (FJC Version)
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The promise was framed as an action Whitehouse would take: urging the Federal Judicial Center to reinstate the climate science section and resist fossil fuel industry attacks. Evidence shows he sent a letter doing exactly that while serving in the same Senate term. The FJC had not yet reinstated the section, but the pledged action was the urging itself, not securing the reinstatement.

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