“It is very unusual,” said Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public Health Assn. However, considering Trump’s skepticism toward the idea that industrial activity is warming the planet — a position held by 97% of climate scientists — it wasn’t entirely surprising, he said. Just hours after the inauguration, the official White House website was scrubbed of any mention of climate change. “No one should interpret that as a change in the attitudes of people in the CDC,” Benjamin said. They’re still doing their research, they’re still studying climate change.”

Source: Los Angeles Times January 26, 2017 15:01 UTC