Al Gore has accused Donald Trump of surrounding himself “with the absolute worst of climate deniers” and said he has given up attempting to persuade the president to reverse his dismantling of policies combatting global warming.
“I haven’t had any conversations with [Trump] since his speech to withdraw from Paris.
He’s surrounded himself with the absolute worst of climate deniers who seem to have captured his mind on the issue.”.
Trump has aligned with Scott Pruitt, the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency who is a vocal critic of the Paris deal.
Pruitt has cast doubt on whether carbon dioxide drives global warming, and claimed there is “tremendous disagreement” among scientists over climate change.
Several former and current members of the administration, including Stephen Bannon and Mick Mulvaney, have also previously dismissed evidence for climate science.
“This experiment with Trump is less than a year old and in science, experiments are sometimes cut short early. »
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