WH Bars Intel Agency From Testifying That Climate Change Is ‘Possibly Catastrophic’

Speeches at Old Palace Yard which included the rallying cry 'Make June the end of May' - Trump & May Climate Disaster protest in support of the US climate march today Campaign Against Climate Change demonstration... Speeches at Old Palace Yard which included the rallying cry 'Make June the end of May' - Trump & May Climate Disaster protest in support of the US climate march today Campaign Against Climate Change demonstration, London, UK - 29 Apr 2017 As Trump reaches his first 100 days and pushes to slash the US climate research budget. In the UK the government has been reducing budgets and appears to be veering away from Climate Act commitments by forcing through a 3rd runway at Heathrow. (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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The White House blocked a State Department intelligence agency from submitting testimony to the House Intel Committee stating that climate change is “possibly catastrophic.”

According to the Washington Post, the administration blocked the testimony wholesale after State Department officials refused to remove references to climate change.

The officials reportedly said that the climate change findings in the testimony, coming from government research, did not match the administration’s official stance and thus were inadmissible.

Trump has consistently denied his own government’s dire warnings about the state of the planet.

“I believe that there’s a change in weather, and I think it changes both ways,” Trump said in an interview with Piers Morgan. “Don’t forget, it used to be called global warming. That wasn’t working. Then it was called climate change. Now it’s actually called extreme weather, because with extreme weather, you can’t miss.”

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  1. “the climate change findings in the testimony, coming from government research, did not match the administration’s official stance and thus were inadmissible.

    Officially idiot. The Trump admin could declare an Idiot Pride Month and parade all they want.

  2. Spot the difference between this statement and one from Stalinist russia.

  3. it’s paramount for the fascistgop that the truth must be suppressed, not only concerning climate change but on every other issue of public importance.

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