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Climate marches draw hundreds of thousands on Donald Trump’s 100th day in office http://ift.tt/2qk4xja Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in cities around the country marking President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office with protests against his environmental policies. In Washington, organizers of the climate march estimated some 200,000 people showed up to march, clogging the streets and snarling traffic on a sweltering day where temperatures threatened to break records. The marches occurred as a slew of executive orders and policy moves from the Trump Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency (along with the proposed budget for the EPA) reveal a disregard for climate science (and science in general), while pursuing a pro-business agenda that even some conservative pundits say poses health hazards for the US. In an editorial for The Atlantic (it’s worth reading the whole thing), Christine Todd Whitman, the EPA Secretary under President George W. Bush writes:
Just yesterday the EPA removed pages related to climate change research from its website. In a statementexplaining the changes, the EPA said that the website was being updated to reflect “outdated language”. Much of that “outdated language” reflects the consensus of what can best be described as a supermajority of scientists, according to a December 2016 study by an energy professor from the University of Houston. Speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania this evening, Trump said that there would be an announcement on the Administration’s continued participation in the Paris Accords in the next two weeks. Rallies weren’t limited to Washington as thousands of protestors also marched in Boston;
Chicago; and Seattle. Featured Image: Garry Knight/Flickr UNDER A CC BY 2.0 LICENSEDigital Trends via TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com April 29, 2017 at 01:02PM
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