Scott Pruitt All Wounded That He, America's #1 Climate Liar, Is Called A Climate Liar [View all]

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In his latest interviews with Politico and Reuters, Pruitt repeated numerous talking points set forth by the fossil fuel-funded campaign to discredit climate science. All of those points have been debunked for years. But Pruitt then takes offense at the fact that people refer to him as a “climate denier” — and he even pretends not to know what the term actually means. “What does it even mean? That’s what I think about it. I deny the climate? Really? Wow, OK. That’s crazy, in my view,” he told Politico.

Of course, none of the criticism surrounding Pruitt’s steady stream of misinformation regarding climate change states that he denies the climate. Critics emphasize his routine denial of basic climate science. Pruitt denies the well-established finding that human activity is the primary cause of climate change — and thus the primary solution. “Climate denier” is just shorthand for rejection of the science.

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Recall that when Pruitt tried to assert humans were not the primary contributor to climate change on Fox News Sunday, even anchor Chris Wallace called him out on his denial. “Mr. Pruitt, there are all kinds of studies that contradict you,” Wallace said. He then noted that the world’s top climate scientists concluded there’s a 95 to 100 percent chance “human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century.”

The centrist Politico felt equally compelled to debunk Pruitt, noting, “in contrast, the vast majority of the world’s climate scientists agree that the planet is warming in large part due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal.” If Fox News and Politico debunk you, it’s probably safe to call you a climate (science) denier.

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https://thinkprogress.org/pruitt-says-he-isnt-a-climate-denier-5cd77816d4c0