GoKawiilUS climate scientists hit with wave of records requests tied to fossil-fuel litigation
A University of California climate scientist received her fifth public-records request this year seeking all correspondence about a study linking fossil-fuel emissions to climate damages, filed via a law firm for Iowa-based Patriots Foundation. Nature identified at least 30 such requests since 2024 sent to 13 public universities, affecting dozens of climate scientists, legal scholars and attorneys; Politico separately found over 100 records requests since 2021 tied to climate-damage lawsuits.