EPA head Scott Pruitt denies that carbon dioxide causes global warming
by Oliver Milman in New York from on (#2FB4D)
Trump adviser shocks scientists and environmental advocates with statement that negates EPA policy and 'overwhelmingly clear' evidence on climate change
Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump's head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, has dismissed a basic scientific understanding of climate change by denying that carbon dioxide emissions are a primary cause of global warming.
Pruitt said on Thursday that he did not believe that the release of CO2, a heat-trapping gas, was pushing global temperatures upwards.
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