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Climate Change Is Erased From Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence for Judges

After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.

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J.B. McCuskey, the West Virginia attorney general, in Washington last month. He led the effort against the climate chapter in the judges’ handbook.
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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fossil Fuels

The court ruled that it was unconstitutional to bar state agencies from investing with firms that the state had accused of boycotting the oil industry.

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Trucks at an oil field in Midland, Texas. A judge ruled that a 2021 law about investing practices was unconstitutional.
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