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06-02-2017, 11:56 PM
It doesn't matter if Donald Trump still believes climate change is a hoax
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One day after Donald Trump an**unced the U.S. withdrawal from the landmark Paris Agreement (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/what-just-happened-paris-agreement-explainer/) on climate change, the president's own views on climate science are under increased scrutiny. And a Friday press briefing only muddied the waters further.
While taking a guest turn in the White House press room, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who played a key role in advising Trump to leave the Paris Agreement, refused to answer basic yes or ** questions on Trump's climate change beliefs.*
SEE ALSO: 8 things Trump said about the Paris Climate Agreement that are total BS (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/trump-paris-climate-agreement-8-signs-wrong/)
Here's how Pruitt responded to a question from an ABC News reporter, who asked: "I'm hoping you can clear this up once and for all. Yes or **, does the president believe that climate change is real and a threat to the American people?"* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/02/pruitt-trump-climate-denial/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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One day after Donald Trump an**unced the U.S. withdrawal from the landmark Paris Agreement (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/what-just-happened-paris-agreement-explainer/) on climate change, the president's own views on climate science are under increased scrutiny. And a Friday press briefing only muddied the waters further.
While taking a guest turn in the White House press room, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, who played a key role in advising Trump to leave the Paris Agreement, refused to answer basic yes or ** questions on Trump's climate change beliefs.*
SEE ALSO: 8 things Trump said about the Paris Climate Agreement that are total BS (http://mashable.com/2017/06/01/trump-paris-climate-agreement-8-signs-wrong/)
Here's how Pruitt responded to a question from an ABC News reporter, who asked: "I'm hoping you can clear this up once and for all. Yes or **, does the president believe that climate change is real and a threat to the American people?"* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/02/pruitt-trump-climate-denial/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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