Former Obama Energy Assistant: Trump "scared" by his own climate report

A former energy and climate assistant from President Obama has called on the Trump government to release his report on the Black Friday climate, accusing President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe European Amazon workers go on strike for the Black Friday GOP takes a step forward with Hispanics in Florida Romney is organizing a fundraising event for the CAP: report to be "afraid" of the conclusions of the report.

"I think President Trump is obviously scared of what [the] the administration reports, "said Friday on MSNBC Jake Levine, former head of the White House. "It's against his agenda, it's against the interests that support this president."

"It's really, frankly, pretty shameful for a president who has just traveled to California and visited the devastation of Paradise, California, in Malibu, where cities have been literally erased from the map as a result of weather conditions. extremes we have known. given climate change. Unfortunately, unfortunately, this president tries to bury this news and deny it. "

The report, released Friday, explains in detail how climate change will disrupt people's daily lives, ravaging infrastructure, affecting human health, posing challenges to the global economy and threatening global energy supplies.

The report makes it clear that climate change is real and of human origin and that its effects are worsening.

"The warming trend observed over the last century can only be explained by the effects on climate of human activities, in particular greenhouse gas emissions," says the fourth national climate assessment conducted by the United States. the federal government.

The publication of the report took place a few days after the President of the Republic had sent a tweet about global warming, a confusion between weather and climate.

"The cold, prolonged blast could shatter ALL THE RECORDS – What about global warming?" he wrote Wednesday.

Researchers have documented a steady increase in global temperature since the beginning of the 20th century.

Levine was not the only one to criticize the timing of the Black Friday report, a day in which people are probably more concerned with buying than with national business.

Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersTrump criticizes the report on climate change criticized by the government Dems are preparing for the main battle Obama: I do not think that a woman or a minority can beat Trump in 2020 MORE (I-Vt.) in a tweet accused the administration of seeking to "bury a new report on the devastating consequences of climate change".

"Why?" Sanders said. "Because Trump's actions aggravate the situation."

"It's an absolute shame to bury the truth about climate impacts in a year that has seen hundreds of Americans die in mega-fires, hurricanes, floods and blooms. algae, said the president of the National Wildlife Federation, Collin O'Mara.

David Easterling, director of the technical support unit of the National Centers for Environmental Information, said that the publication date had been advanced because the program in charge had estimated that it would be " a topic for discussion "at two upcoming international conferences.

"We wanted all this to be published well in advance so that people would have the chance to examine it," said Easterling during a phone call with reporters.