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Climate change – not much to worry about – Donald Trump

Trump: Climate change won’t be ‘devastating’ http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/291231-trump-climate-change-wont-be-devastating Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Thursday “there could be some impact” from a changing climate, “but I don’t believe it’s a devastating impact.”

In an interview with The Miami Herald, Trump reiterated he’s “not a big believer in manmade climate change,” and while he acknowledged problems such as rising sea levels, he attributed them to “a change in weather patterns, and you’ve had it for many years.”

Trump has long said he doesn’t believe in the science behind climate change, even though there is broad agreement among researchers that human activity has contributed to the phenomenon.

Florida is expected to struggle with rising sea levels induced by climate change, and Miami recently undertook a $500 million push to prepare for it. Asked about that effort, Trump said, “That’s probably not the worst thing I’ve ever heard.” But he said local governments should take the lead in preparing for climate change, not federal officials who have looked to regulate the underlying causes of it.

“[We] have so many environmental regulations that, you go to other countries, where they don’t have that, it puts us at a tremendous disadvantage,” he said.

Trump’s position on climate change is in direct contrast to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. She told a Florida audience this week that “we’ve got to stand against the deniers” and work to prevent climate change in the future.

August 14, 2016 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA elections 2016