Scott Pruitt, chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, has recently stated that he does not believe Carbon Dioxide is the leading reason for climate change. He stated that this issue is highly controversial and that they must consider all of their options when addressing Climate Change. Pruitt is a former attorney general for Oklahoma and was famous for fighting Obama's environmental policies and suing the EPA a grand total of 14 times. Pruitt is also a critic of the Paris Agreement which asks the US to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2025. He says it sets unfair standards for the US and does not create an even playing field. Pruitt's statements about Carbon Dioxide not being the leading cause of global warming is simply not true. His statement about the issue being controversial is not true either.
His statements simply are not true. 98 percent of scientists agree that humans are causing global warming. And the consensus is that carbon dioxide is the leading cause. Yes, other greenhouse gas emission such as methane are on the rise but carbon dioxide is leaps and bounds above any other gas. He says that this issue needs to be further debated. I am sick of it being debated. We need to go out and fix it. It is a problem. Our existence depends on it. We do not have time to continue debating this. It is also mind boggling to me that Scott Pruitt is still pro-greenhouse gas when his own State is falling apart because of extraction of gases. It is both embarrassing and unfortunate that Scott Pruitt is the head of the EPA. http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/09/epa-chief-scott-pruitt.html
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