Top environmental pick says has 'many questions' about climate change
By Chris Mooney
November 8 at 1:47 PM
Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump’s pick to serve as his top White House environmental official, told the Senate Wednesday that she had doubts about the link between human activity and climate change ...
Hartnett White’s history of statements challenging science and policy on climate change is extensive ...
Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat ... brought up the loss of Arctic ice and permafrost. “I’m aware of the shrinking ice sheet in the Arctic, but the expanding ice sheet in the Antarctic,” she replied ... Antarctica is currently losing 127 billion tons of ice each year ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/08/trumps-top-environmental-pick-says-she-has-many-questions-about-climate-change/?utm_term=.f8383b36d197
