Gary W. Yohe is Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan University.
Trump’s Rejection of National Climate Report Would Do More Damage Than Exiting the Paris Agreement
If the Trump administration chooses to reject the pending national Climate Science Special Report, it would be more damaging than pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Full stop. This is a bold claim, but as an economist and scientist who was a vice chair of the committee that shepherded the last national climate assessment report to its completion, I can explain why this is the case.
August 18, 2017