US EditionEPA Removes References to Human Activity as Primary Cause of Climate Change
The EPA's website now highlights natural causes of climate change while omitting fossil fuels, despite scientists attributing nearly 100% of recent warming to human activity, critics say.
- The EPA has removed any mention of fossil fuels as the main driver of global warming from its online page explaining climate change causes.
- Scientists and former EPA officials say this is misleading and harmful, as nearly 100% of current warming comes from human activity.
- A former Republican EPA chief says ignoring fossil fuel pollution as the driving force behind climate change is like pretending cigarettes don't cause lung cancer.
121 Articles
121 Articles
EPA cuts mentions of humans from webpage on climate change causes
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed several mentions of human activity on a webpage related to the causes of climate change. Last week, the EPA quietly updated a page on its site outlining causes of global warming. Previously, the page said: “This record shows that the climate varies naturally over a wide range of time scales,…
The Environmental Protection Agency has removed references to the human influence on climate change from its website. This is causing fierce criticism. Experts speak of deliberate misinformation.
For US President Donald Trump, it is the "world's greatest fraud of all time". In his UN speech and through the promotion of fossil fuels, his fight against climate change becomes clear. Now, media reports reveal that an environmental agency seems to follow this course.
Tulsa World
EPA eliminates mention of fossil fuels in website on warming's causes
The Environmental Protection Agency removed any mention of fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — from its popular online page explaining the causes of climate change.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 77% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
