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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 01:24 PM Jan 2017

Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson says risk of climate change does exist

Source: Reuters



11 JAN 2017 AT 12:16 ET

The nominee to be U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, said on Wednesday the risk of climate change does exist, and the consequences could be serious enough that action should be taken.

When asked during a Senate confirmation hearing to say whether he believed that human activity was contributing to climate change, Tillerson did not answer yes or no, but said: “The increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are having an effect. Our abilities to predict that effect are very limited.”

Tillerson is former chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp. Trump said during the election campaign that he would seek to quit the 2015 Paris climate accord.

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/secretary-of-state-nominee-rex-tillerson-says-risk-of-climate-change-does-exist/

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Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson says risk of climate change does exist (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2017 OP
Breaking news: Sky blue, sun rises in east, Tillerson lying sack of shit hatrack Jan 2017 #1
"Just don't go 'round frackin' in my neighborhood, y'hear?" tenorly Jan 2017 #2
His company led the cover up and disinformation campaign on Climate Change! Dustlawyer Jan 2017 #3

hatrack

(59,436 posts)
1. Breaking news: Sky blue, sun rises in east, Tillerson lying sack of shit
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 01:27 PM
Jan 2017

Fuck you, Rex. Just fuck you.

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
3. His company led the cover up and disinformation campaign on Climate Change!
Wed Jan 11, 2017, 02:13 PM
Jan 2017

He knows for sure Climate Change is caused by burning fossil fuels!

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