Trump is considering a fervent climate denier to lead a White House panel assessing climate ...
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This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Prominent climate denier William Happer will reportedly head up the White House´s latest effort to cast doubt on the threat of climate change. According to the Washington Post, the Trump administration is assembling a panel to assess climate change impacts on national security in a possible effort to question the connection that has been repeatedly affirmed by federal reports, agencies, and intelligence and defense officials. Happer is an emeritus physics professor at Princeton University and currently serves as a National Security Council director on emerging technologies....