The Trump administration just published a report saying 'there is no convincing alternative explanation' for climate change

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November 3, 2017 7:51 PM

"It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming," says a new climate report approved by Trump's administration.

The Trump Administration just released a report that says there's strong evidence for '
The scientific report is required by law, and must be submitted to Congress once every four years.
The findings conflict with the climate change-denying language President Trump and many of his advisors have used, but the results align with what scientists have been documenting for years.

The federal government just released its latest research on climate change, and the findings are conclusive:

extremely likely

This is the warmest period in the history of modern civilization.
Human-fueled climate change is responsible for this warming.
Extreme weather events are on the rise.
Sea levels are expected to rise
It's hot, and only getting hotter.
There's an even bigger risk of surprise, irreversible climate events.

The report stands in direct contrast to the statements of top officials in the Trump Administration, who continue to express doubts about the scientific consensus on the Earth's climate.

Just earlier this week, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt moved to ban research scientists who have won EPA grants under previous administrations from serving on the EPA's independent advisory boards.

President Trump himself has called climate change an "expensive hoax". Earlier this year he moved to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, which was created to reduce global carbon emissions. In October, Nicaragua joined that global compact leaving the U.S. and Syria as the only two countries who do not plan to be permanent members of the treaty.

Federal law requires US government agencies to report to Congress on their current knowledge about the economic, environmental, health, and safety consequences of climate change. The new report is designed to give lawmakers and the president the most recent facts and figures in order to help them make informed decisions about how to address our changing climate.

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