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WASHINGTON --The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said measuring the effect of human activity on the climate is very challenging and that therersquo tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.So, no, I would no stanley canada t agree that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to the global warming that we see, Pruitt told CNBCrsquo Squawk Box. Pruittrsquo view is contrary to mainstream climate science, including NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the EPA itself. Trump s pick for EPA chief grilled by Senate 04:40 stanley tumbler NASA and NOAA reported in January that earthrsquo 2016 temperatures were the warmest ever. The planetrsquo average surface temperature has risen about 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the late 19th century, a change driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other human-made emissions into the stanley tumbler atmosphere, the agencies said in a joint statement. The EPA says on its website that ld Qdmg White House: Town Halls Should Not Be Violent
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