Trump moves to de-fang global warming science with ‘climate review panel’ led by Princeton physicist who believes ‘The ‘demonization of carbon dioxide’ is like ‘the poor Jews under Hitler’
- President Donald Trump and his administration are planning an attack on the science upon which climate change policy rests
- The administration’s new climate review panel is led by a Princeton physicist famous for defending the use of carbon dioxide
- The demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler,’ said William Happer
- Some officials have warned this could be seen as an attack on science
- But Trump is said to be unpersuaded by this argument
- The president has publicly expressed skepticism of global warming
President Donald Trump and his administration are planning an attack on the science upon which climate change policy rests, it was revealed on Tuesday.
Leading the charge will be the administration’s new climate review panel led by a 79-year-old Princeton physicist who has become famous for defending the use of carbon dioxide – even comparing its demonization to the treatment of Jews under German dictator Adolf Hitler.
‘The demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler,’ said William Happer, who serves on the National Security Council as the president’s deputy assistant for emerging technologies, to The New York Times.
