Well I didn’t see this coming:
CBS NEWS – A new Trump administration report on climate change paints an apocalyptic portrait of global climate trends, saying the last three years have been the “warmest years on record for the globe” and that humans are almost certainly causing the climate to change.
The massive, 477-page National Climate Assessment says that it is “extremely likely” that global warming has been caused by humans — with 95 to 100 percent certainty — mostly from carbon dioxide through the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.
“It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century,” the report says. “Over the last century, there are no convincing alternative explanations supported by the extent of the observational evidence.”
Thirteen federal agencies were involved in producing the report, which is mandated by law. The Trump administration did not seek to block its release, but the conclusion directly contradicts statements made by senior members of his cabinet.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt have said carbon dioxide isn’t the primary contributor to global warming.
Not only does this dispute what both Rick Perry and EPA Chief Scott Pruitt have said, but Trump’s campaign said last year that Trump believed Climate Change was real, but naturally occurring.
Here’s a link to the report.
CBS News says that Trump didn’t seek to block it. Does that mean he just let it fly or did he even know about it at all? I would think Scott Pruitt knew about it about it, especially if 15 agencies participated in it.
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