Sanders rips Pruitt over climate change comments
Sanders: It's "pathetic" that EPA chief thinks CO2 not primary contributor to climate change https://t.co/p8GlkyhlCu https://t.co/Cd6P1ht2zO
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday blasted the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for doubting that carbon dioxide is a “primary contributor” to climate change.
“I wish I could come up with another word — it is pathetic, that that is the position of the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,” Sanders said in an interview with CNN.
“You have the head of the Environmental Protection Agency who denies … reality in face of overwhelming scientific evidence. Not only is it sad, it is a real threat to the well-being of this country and the world.”
{mosads}On Thursday, EPA head Scott Pruitt voiced his view that he “would not agree” that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming.
“That you have the Trump administration continuing to deny the reality and the horrors that the climate change is already causing is very sad indeed.”
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