Washington (CNN) The White House blocked a State Department intelligence staffer this week from issuing testimony to the House warning that human-caused climate change could be "possibly catastrophic," according to The Washington Post.

The Post, citing several senior administration officials, reported that officials from several different White House offices took issue with written testimony Rod Schoonover of the State Department planned to deliver to the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.

The apparent attempt by the White House to mute wide-ranging concerns within the administration about human-caused climate change falls in line with President Donald Trump's broader rejection of a scientific consensus about the threat of climate change and push to shift the US away from global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Officials told the Post that the White House Office of Legislative Affairs ultimately decided Schoonover could go before the committee but would not let him submit prepared written testimony to the panel.

The Post said it could not reach Schoonover for comment on Friday and that the White House declined to comment on "internal policy review." CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.

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