TRUMP: "Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS — Whatever happened to Global Warming?" — tweet 11/21/18. TRUMP: "This is the coldest weather in the history of the Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC, and one of the coldest Thanksgivings on record!" — tweet 11/22/18.
THE FACTS: Trump is conflating weather and climate. Weather is like mood, which changes daily. Climate is like personality, which is long term.
The climate is warming, which still allows for record cold spells.
Recently released, the National Climate Assessment by scientists details how global warming from the burning of coal, oil and gas is hurting each region of U.S. and different sectors of the economy. The report also projects increased deaths and disease. It says more than 90 percent of current warming is caused by humans.
The federal climate assessment is mandated by law every few years.
adapted from an Associated Press report
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