Cenk Uygur
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EPA Head: "Insensitive" To Talk About Climate Change Right Now
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September 17, 2017
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5:29Now PlayingScott Pruitt’s Environmental Destruction Agency rages on. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Mark Thompson, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Get your TYT gear at
"In a bonkers interview with CNN late Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt doubled down on the climate censorship that’s become foundational to this administration’s environmental agenda. A longtime denierof man-made climate change, Pruitt told CNN it is “insensitive” to discuss the role climate change may have played in strengthening Hurricane Harvey or Hurricane Irma.
From his interview with reporter Daniella Diaz:
“Here’s the issue,” Pruitt told CNN in a phone interview. “To have any kind of focus on the cause and effect of the storm; versus helping people, or actually facing the effect of the storm, is misplaced.”
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“All I’m saying to you is, to use time and effort to address it at this point is very, very insensitive to this people in Florida.””*
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