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February 21, 2019

Trump Considering Anti-Science Adviser to Head Climate Change Committee
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The White House is organizing a new committee to examine whether climate
change poses a threat to national security. Trump is considering naming
Princeton University professor emeritus and White House science adviser
William Happer to head the effort. Happer is a known climate change
denier. He has falsely accused the National Oceanographic and
Atmospheric Administration of manipulating climate data and compared
climate science to the Holocaust. This is Happer in a 2014 interview.

William Happer: "The demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the
demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler. Carbon dioxide is actually a
benefit to the world, and so were the Jews."

We'll have more on this story later in the broadcast.


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