Ex-president refers to climate crisis as ‘one of the great scams’ and plans to attend two fundraisers in oil-rich TexasA day after visiting hurricane-ravaged Georgia, Donald Trump is continuing to deny the climate crisis and court donations from the industry most responsible for planetary heating. Environmentalists worry that he will also gut flood protections and climate policy if he wins November’s presidential election.Hours before Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Thursday night as a major category 4 hurricane, Trump said, baselessly, nuclear “warming”, not the climate crisis, is “the warming that you’re going to have to be very careful with”. The following day, he said the “little hurricane” was partially responsible for attendees leaving his rallies early. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/01/trump-visits-georgia-denies-climate-crisis-after-hurricane-helene
Author : Dharna Noor
Publish date : 2024-10-01 19:49:34
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