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Scientists say EPA just needs to look around the world to see the growing dangers of climate change

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71% Informative

11 different scientists, experts in health and climate, tell the Associated Press about the impact of climate change.

They cite peer-reviewed studies and challenged the Trump administration to justify its own effort with science.

EPA chief Lee Zeldin has privately pushed the White House for a rewrite of the agency’s finding that planet-warming greenhouse gases put the public in danger.

Scientists say indirect effects on human health are “far-reaching, comprehensive and devastating” Scientists say the Trump administration will be hard-pressed to find scientific justification.

“This one of those cases where they can’t contest the science and they’re going to have a legal way around,” Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer said.

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