时间:2025-04-04 09:58:29 来源:网络整理编辑:熱點
America's top environmental official was in the hot seat on Sunday over his dubious views on climate
America's top environmental official was in the hot seat on Sunday over his dubious views on climate change.。
But Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt wasn't a guest on CNN or MSNBC, stations that President Donald Trump might accuse of being "fake news."。
Instead, Pruitt was treading on what should've been more favorable turf: Fox News. 。
SEE ALSO:Trump's order will unravel America's best defense against climate change。The EPA administrator was on Fox News Sunday to discuss the Trump administration's executive order to unravel the Obama administration's climate policies, including the EPA's Clean Power Plan to limit carbon emissions from electricity.。
Fox anchor Chris Wallace pressed Pruitt on his recent statement that he doesn't agree that carbon dioxide is "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."。
Thanks for signing up! 。
Wallace later asked, "The question I have is, what if you're wrong? What if in fact the Earth is warming, what if it is causing dramatic climate change, and that we as humans, through carbon emissions, are contributing to it?" 。
Pruitt, stumbling a bit in response, said, "Look, CO2 contributes to to greenhouse gas -- it has a greenhouse gas effect, and global warming, as methane does, as other types of gases. The issue is how much we contribute to it from a human activity perspective, and then what can be done about it from a process perspective, Chris."。
Pruitt's response wasn't quite a tacit acceptance of the mainstream scientific consensus on climate change. Instead, he voiced a more subtle, lukewarm form of climate skepticism that's taking root under the Trump administration: Officials and policymakers agree that there's a problem, but they oppose taking action to help solve it. 。
Earlier in the exchange, Wallace asked Pruitt if people are supposed to believe "it's all a coincidence" that global temperatures are rising as concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases are building in the atmosphere. 。
Wallace pointed out that the scientific community is nearly unanimously opposed to Pruitt's view. 。Wallace pointed out that the scientific community is nearly unanimously opposed to Pruitt's view.。
Via Giphy。
Featured Video For You。
Two astronauts just installed a new parking spot on the International Space Station2025-04-04 09:53
六歲兒童心理特點有哪些2025-04-04 09:49
八個月寶寶牙齦上有白點怎麽回事2025-04-04 09:24
女孩頭皮上有白色顆粒2025-04-04 09:15
Olympian celebrates by ordering an intimidating amount of McDonald's2025-04-04 09:05
冷凍的海蟹怎麽做好吃2025-04-04 08:55
手指頭麻疼是怎麽回事2025-04-04 08:13
牙齦長白色硬物怎麽回事2025-04-04 08:03
Tesla's rumored P100D could make Ludicrous mode even more Ludicrous2025-04-04 07:58
水果柚子的功效有哪些呢 ?2025-04-04 07:51
Fyvush Finkel, Emmy winner for 'Picket Fences,' dies at 932025-04-04 09:52
南召特色美食是什麽 ?2025-04-04 09:47
一陣陣燥熱是怎麽回事2025-04-04 09:18
內髒出血有生命危險嗎2025-04-04 09:17
Darth Vader is back. Why do we still care?2025-04-04 09:10
長期失眠對胎兒的影響2025-04-04 08:58
孕婦嘔吐拉肚子怎麽辦2025-04-04 08:46
寶寶大便總是拉一點點是怎麽回事 ?2025-04-04 08:35
Twitter grants everyone access to quality filter for tweet notifications2025-04-04 08:26
6歲小孩嘔吐是什麽原因2025-04-04 08:13