The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science

The US National Academies of Science released a report on Friday about climate attribution—the increasingly precise science of determining whether specific weather disasters have been made more likely by climate change. The field has matured substantially over the past decade, now able to answer these questions with far greater confidence than it could before, though important limits remain. Per Ars Technica, the fossil fuel industry views this advancement with alarm: as attribution science grows sharper, companies could face greater liability for climate-driven damages. That concern has already sparked backlash in Congress, with Republicans threatening the National Academies' funding.

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