How Trump Tried, but Largely Failed, to Derail America’s Top Climate Report (Published 2021)
The White House repeatedly attempted to thwart the country’s premier climate science document, one meant to steer policy for years. Scientists got in the way.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/01/climate/trump-national-climate-assessment.html
President Trump, asked about the assessment’s findings that global warming could devastate the economy, responded, “I don’t believe it.” His press secretary at the time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said the assessment was “not based on facts.” Ryan Zinke, who was secretary of the interior at the time, said that its findings emphasized “the worst scenarios.”