Trump concedes human role in climate change SC TAKES UP ENERGY FIRMS’ CLIMATE APPEAL
Washington, Oct. 3: President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that humans bear some blame for climate change, but scientists say the president still isn’t dealing with the reality of our primary role.
Trump gave one of his fullest accountings yet of what scientists say is an escalating climate crisis threatening every aspect of life. Trump also pushed back on scientific findings that his environmental rollbacks would increase climate-damaging pollution. The climate change exchange represented a rare microburst of policy discussion from Trump in a loud, nerveabrading debate. And it ever so lightly nailed down the position of the Republican president on climate change.
“It is a sad statement about the President’s history on climate change, but it is a major development to see him clearly acknowledge a role of greenhouse gases from human emissions,” said Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.
“It’s still outright denial of the science, in addition to denial of the devastating impacts,” such as the record wildfires once again forcing evacuations
Washington, Oct. 3: The US Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by energy companies including BP PLC, Chevron Corp, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell PLC contesting a lawsuit by the city of Baltimore seeking damages for the impact of global climate change. The justices will weigh whether the lawsuit must be heard in state court as the city would prefer or in federal court, which corporate defendants generally view as a more favourable venue. The suit targets 21 US and foreign energy companies that extract, produce, distribute or sell fossil fuels. The outcome could affect around a dozen similar lawsuits by US states, cities and counties. in the Western U.S, said Michael Mann, a Pennsylvania State University climate researcher and a veteran in scientists’ battle to make ordinary people and leaders face facts on global warming.