Miles O’Brien: There’s an Attempt by the Trump Admin to Use Alternative Facts on Climate Change

‘It’s just like saying, do you believe the sky is blue or if the sun will rise?’

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O'BRIEN: "Well first of all, let’s pick apart this so-called pause in global warming. That is a classic cherry-pick piece of data which comes from climate deniers. They pick a year in the late ‘90s where there was an El Nino effect and they say from that point on you'll see there was a pause. The fact of the matter is, 15 of the last 17 years have been record heat for the climate for the planet, period. The evidence is there. This is not about belief. These are facts. And there is apparently an attempt here to go for alternate facts. But it’s just like saying, do you believe the sky is blue? Or do you believe the sun will rise? You don't -- it’s not a belief thing. The facts are."

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