Did Trump create a new talking point for skeptics?
Scott Waldman, E&E News reporter
Climatewire: Tuesday, October 16, 2018
President Trump found a new way to express his suspicions about climate change. The question is whether it will become a talking point.
Those who doubt mainstream climate science have for a long time downplayed the role of human-related emissions by saying that Earth's climate system has always fluctuated naturally. Trump flipped that around. He looked to the future instead of the past by suggesting that today's higher temperatures could decrease on their own — or "change back."
As scientists grappled with this new presentation of skepticism, others began repeating it. Trump made his remarks Sunday on CBS's "60 Minutes."
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