News Alert: Climate change driven almost entirely by human action, dire report released by Trump administration finds

The Trump administration released a scientific report detailing the growing threats of climate change. The report stands in stark contrast to the administration's efforts to play down humans' role in global warming, withdraw from an international climate accord and reverse Obama-era policies aimed at curbing America's greenhouse-gas output. "It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century," the document reports. "For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence."

Democracy Dies in Darkness     News Alert Fri, Nov 3, 2017, 2:12 PM     Climate change driven almost entirely by human action, dire report released by Trump administration finds The Trump administration released a scientific report detailing the growing threats of climate change. The report stands in stark contrast to the administration's efforts to play down humans' role in global warming, withdraw from an international climate accord and reverse Obama-era policies aimed at curbing America's greenhouse-gas output. "It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century," the document reports. "For the warming over the last century, there is no convincing alternative explanation supported by the extent of the observational evidence." Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071