Opinion: Trump's threat on climate change pledges will hit Africa hard
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 10:01
in Earth & Climate
US President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, publicly questions the existence of climate change. He, and presumably Trump himself, opposes President Barack Obama's environmental initiatives to limit greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
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