The White House Plan to Change Climate Science

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🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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From Day 1, the Trump administration has tried to dismantle regulations aimed at curbing climate change. Now officials are attempting to undermine the very science on which such policies rest. Guest: Coral Davenport, who covers energy and environmental policy for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: Parts of the federal government will no longer fulfill what scientists say is one of the most urgent jobs of climate science studies: reporting on the future effects of a rapidly warming planet. Here is a breakdown of the 1,656-page report released last fall that warns of a damaged environment and shrinking economy.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.6	This is the Daily.
0:35.6	Today, from the start, the Trump administration has tried to dismantle regulations aimed at
0:48.0	curbing climate change.
0:50.3	Now, in its latest attack, the administration is trying to dismantle climate science.
0:57.3	It's Wednesday, May 29.
1:08.7	Quote, tell me about what happened in November of last year.
1:12.8	In November of 2018, the federal government put out what's known as the National Climate
1:18.1	Assessment.
1:19.1	This is a huge sweeping comprehensive assessment of the impact of climate change on the US.
1:28.1	It's over a thousand pages long.
1:30.2	It's prepared by 13 federal agencies.
1:33.0	It takes about four years to prepare.
1:35.6	It's a huge deal every time one of these comes out because it is absolutely considered
1:40.5	the most up-to-date comprehensive, authoritative understanding of the impact of climate
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