Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening certain natural disasters has grown increasingly clear. Trump says the goal is to make America a dominant source of energy for the world, and to create jobs. “The Trump administration, in less than a year, has done more to undermine climate policy than even the worst previous administration on climate (i.e. Mann blamed the conservative billionaire Koch brothers and fossil fuel lobbyists for essentially running US environmental policy under the Trump administration. “The anti-science agenda of the Trump administration will, without doubt, lead to preventable deaths and disasters, and is inexcusable.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 20, 2017 07:07 UTC