Washington (CNN) The White House is planning to assemble an "ad hoc group" of scientists to re-evaluate the federal government's current conclusions about climate science and the negative impact of fossil fuels, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

The Post, citing conversations with multiple unnamed administration officials, said that the group "would include scientists who question the severity of climate impacts and the extent to which humans contribute to the problem."

The group would include researchers from within the government, the paper said. The "ad hoc group" would differ from a formal advisory committee because it would not be required to abide by the same amount of public disclosure.

According to the paper, the plan, which is not finalized, was discussed at a meeting Friday with several high level administration officials in which attendees "debated how best to establish a group of researchers that could scrutinize recent federal climate reports."

The paper said the proposed panel "will not be tasked with scrutinizing recent intelligence community assessments of climate change."

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