CBS Dismisses Trump’s EPA Hire for Being a ‘Critic of Climate Science’

CBS Dismisses Trump's EPA Hire for Being a ‘Critic of Climate Science’ (NewsBusters) 

Yet another hire by President-Elect Donald Trump is drawing the ire of the liberal media, Tuesday evening. “Well, another one of those hires is a well-known critic of climate science who does not believe that fossil fuels are warming the planet,” announced an irritated sounding Scott Pelley on CBS Evening News, “His assignment-- staffing the environment protection agency.”

The man in question is Myron Ebell, who is described byThe Washington Post as, “a “Washington fixture who has long been a cheerful warrior against what he sees as an alarmist, overzealous environmental movement that has used global warming as a pretext for expanding government.” Ebell is known for his work as the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Director of Global Warming and International Environmental Policy.

“Ebell, who is not a scientist, disagrees with the overwhelming majority of the climate scientists who say the driving force behind the warming planet is the burning of fossil fuels,” reported a very snarky Chip Reid.