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CO2 emissions are NOT the ‘primary control knob’ driving climate change claims Energy Secretary Rick Perry

By NIKKI SCHWAB, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 12:51 EDT, 19 June 2017 | UPDATED: 12:55 EDT, 19 June 2017 e-mail 1 View comments Energy Secretary Rick Perry told CNBC Monday that he doubted carbon dioxide emissions were primarily responsible for global warming, as he praised climate change skeptics. ‘No, most likely the primary control knob is the ocean waters and this […]

Energy Secretary Rick Perry says CO2 is not the main driver of climate change

Energy Secretary Rick Perry says CO2 is not the main driver of climate change Energy Secretary Rick Perry says he does not believe CO2 emissions from human activity are the primary driver of climate change. That view is at odds with the conclusions of the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

Rick Perry Says Trump Will ‘Need To Renegotiate’ The Paris Agreement

By MICHAEL BASTASCH Energy Secretary Rick Perry told conference goers he would not advise President Donald Trump to “walk away” from the Paris climate agreement, but conceded the agreement will need to be renegotiated. Perry made the remarks at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance summit in New York City Tuesday. Perry is the only Trump […]

Rick Perry is Trump’s pick to run Energy Department he wanted to abolish

President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Texas Gov. Rick Perry — who famously once forgot that he wanted to abolish the Energy Department — to be secretary of energy, two sources familiar with the transition process told NBC News on Monday night. Perry, a rival of Trump’s during the Republican presidential nominating campaign, met with […]