President Trump’s former climate adviser says the new ad hoc White House effort to investigate climate change could be headed for the scrap heap before it even gets started.

George David Banks, Trump’s former energy and environment adviser, said in an interview with the Washington Examiner that the investigative panel the administration is setting up to address the science behind climate change looks a lot like a retooled version of an idea he helped to vet during his time at the White House National Security Council. That earlier effort ultimately failed.