The Trump administration has hired three prominent researchers who over the course of their careers have questioned and even rejected the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change. Each were given positions in the Energy Department, which is led by Secretary Chris Wright, a former oil and gas fracking executive.

Democrats criticize Trump's cuts to the National Weather Service and his approach to climate change after at least 59 people died in major Texas floods that occurred over the July 4th holiday.

The U.S. Energy Department has hired two Alabama scientists who are well-known for their skepticism about human-influenced climate change. The New York Times is reporting that John Christy, Alabama’s state climatologist since 2000,

The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, supercharging weather and destroying food systems.

California Democrats faced backlash from climate change lobbyists and activists over appearing to roll back environmental laws over the past few weeks.

Trump’s statement echoes a common climate change denial myth that there was a scientific consensus in the 1970s that Earth would cool instead of warm. This is also wrong.

Ian Lowe, emeritus professor at Griffith University, accused him of “feeding climate denial in Australia”. Mr Lowe singled out News Corp (the owner of Sky News Australia) for giving him a platform, along with Fox News in the US.

According to author and environmentalist Bill McKibben, the explosion of solar is “the first hint that we've actually had of something that's scaling fast enough to make even a small difference in how hot this planet gets.