Trump taps global warming critic to reopen nation’s climate change office: ‘Professor in exile’
TheTrump administrationhas tapped a climate science critic — who describes himself as a "professor in exile" — to lead the nation'sclimate changeoffice, according to a new report. The U. S. Global Change. . .
TheTrump administrationhas tapped a climate science critic — who describes himself as a "professor in exile" — to lead the nation'sclimate changeoffice, according to a new report. The U. S. Global Change Research Program, which effectively hollowed out duringPresident Donald Trump's first year in office, will now be led by Matthew Wielicki, a formerUniversity of Alabamageochemist,Politicoreported Thursday. In comments on X, Wielicki wrote that "the science is not settled on climate change" and argued that those who believe in a climate emergency are "being sold snake oil. "When reached byThe Independent, a White House spokesperson said: "The Trump Administration is committed to using the best scientific information to inform public policy. For too long, the USGCRP has been used as a vehicle for political agendas instead of sound science. We look forward to restoring the USGCRP and ensuring it fulfills its legal mandate. "A Polish immigrant who often appears in conservative media, Wielicki said he departed higher education due todiversity, equity and inclusionprograms. He's suggested that climate scientists are fudging data to make the world seem warmer,Politicoreports. The Trump administration has tapped Matthew Wielicki, a climate science critic who describes himself as a 'professor in exile,' to lead the US Global Change Research Program, according to a new report (AFP via Getty Images)In 2024, he wrote that while "climate change is not a hoax," he said, "you should take any catastrophic climate prediction with a grain of salt and ignore the [mainstream media] when it comes to climate change. " The same year, he posted: "In climate science, don't attribute to humans what can be attributed to natural variability. "Multiple studies have found that the vast majority of scientists agree thathumans are responsible for climate change, according to the United Nations, which recently warned that the Earth islikely to shatter temperature recordsin the years ahead. The past 11 years have been the11 warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The vast majority of scientists agree that humans are responsible for climate change, according to the United Nations (Getty Images)USGCRP oversees the National Climate Assessment, the congressionally mandated quadrennial report that examines how climate change is affecting the U. S. Previous editions, relying on peer-reviewed research, have warned about rising temperatures and increasing natural disasters. The report is used to help influence spending, planning, and risk mitigation, according toPolitico. It remains unknown how the Trump administration will use the reopened office, though the president has long railed against what he casts as climate alarmism. "For far too long Climate Activism has been used by Dumocrats to scare Americans, push horrible Energy Polices, and fund BILLIONS into their bogus research programs," the Republican president wrote on Truth Social in May. "My Administration will always be based on TRUTH, SCIENCE, and FACT!"The administration has taken aim at a number of climate initiatives, includingwithdrawing the U. S. from the Paris Agreementandrescinding an Obama-era EPA rulethat opened the door to regulating greenhouse gas emissions.