Why Did Trump Release a Report Confirming Climate Change Is Real?

No By-line, Ecowatch, November 6 2017

Last Friday, the White House stunned many after it released a sweeping report concluding that climate changeis not only real, but it also poses as a major threat to the U.S. and humans are “extremely likely” to be responsible.

The 477-page National Climate Assessment, which was mandated by Congress and reviewed by 13 federal agencies, conflicted with President Trump‘s notorious stance on global warming as a “hoax.” It also defied Trump’s continued efforts to dismantle environmental regulations on both the national and international scale.

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