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To: Ron who wrote (318536)11/17/2016 11:13:54 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541851
 
Here is another piece on that topic. It adds a few details.

China tells Trump climate change is not a Chinese hoax
By Jasper Scherer November 17 at 4:44 AM
washingtonpost.com

excerpt:

Trump has also questioned the existence of global warming multiple times since his November 2012 tweet, calling it “bulls—” and claiming cold weather had forced “hoaxsters” to relabel global warming as climate change.

Roger Helmer

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Brilliant news! Trump appoints Myron Ebell to head his EPA transition team. The Donald is serious about dumping climate hysteria.

10:46 AM - 11 Nov 2016
113113 likes

A “We the People” petition to remove Ebell from Trump’s transition team reached nearly 100,000 signatures before the White House removed it from the site.

Trump has also said he will get rid of the EPA and pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, which scientists say would have major global ramifications. The D.C.-based think tank Climate Interactive told The Post’s Chris Mooney that the U.S. emissions reduction pledge would account for more than 20 percent of the combined emissions cut among all countries in the accord.

more at the link