Scientists slam Donald Trump's environment chief over climate denial: 'It's like disputing gravity'
Scott Pruitt is described as a 'climate science denier who, as attorney general for the state of Oklahoma, regularly conspired with the fossil fuel industry to attack' environmental regulations.
Donald Trump’s reported decision to appoint a renowned climate change denier as the head of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been condemned by environmentalists and scientists.
Dr Rush Holt, the chief executive of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), compared disbelief in global warming to denying the existence of gravity.
And the Sierra Club, which claims to be the largest grassroots environmental group in the US with more than two million supporters, said the apparent decision to put Oklahoma state attorney general Scott Pruitt in charge of the EPA was “like putting an arsonist in charge of fighting firesâ€.
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Scientists slam Donald Trump's environment chief over climate denial: 'It's like disputing gravity'
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/donald-trump-scott-pruitt-climate-change-denial-environmental-protection-agency-epa-aaas-sierra-club-a7463046.html