Biden White House Reinstalls Top Climate Scientist Removed By Trump

"It’s been my privilege to work with the nation’s best scientists and policymakers," Michael Kuperberg said of his return.

The Biden administration reinstalled the scientist responsible for producing the federal government’s top climate change reports after he was removed from his post by former President Donald Trump last year. The White House said Wednesday Michael Kuperberg, a climate scientist who ran the production of the documents for six years before his ouster, would return as the executive director of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The agency is responsible for the National Climate Assessment ― a compilation of work from hundreds of scientists across more than a dozen agencies that helps guide the country’s climate policy ― every four years. “As a scientist, it’s been my honor to serve the American people under Democratic and Republican administrations to help deliver science to inform solutions,” Kuperberg, who had been reassigned to the Department of Energy in the interim, said in a statement Wednesday. “And as a public servant, it’s been my privilege to work with the Nation’s best scientists and policymakers, both inside and outside of government.”