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Trump Claims To Be 'Environmentalist,' Skips G-7 Climate Change Meeting

"President Donald Trump sought to defend his environmental record on Monday after skipping a meeting on climate change with world leaders at the G-7.

Asked in a news conference at the close of the annual gathering whether he still harbors skepticism toward science that shows global temperatures rising at a dangerous pace, Trump insisted that he was an “environmentalist,” even as he talked up his administration’s support for fossil fuels.

“I feel that the United States has tremendous wealth. The wealth is under its feet. I've made that wealth come alive,” he said, pointing to the United States’ rise to a global leader in oil exports and his efforts to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska for oil drilling, an initiative that has hit a number of roadblocks.

But he again dismissed sources of renewable energy like wind power, referring to power generating wind turbines as “windmills” and telling reporters he didn’t want to waste America’s “tremendous” energy wealth on “dreams.”"

Caitlin Oprysko reports for Politico August 26, 2019.

SEE ALSO:

"Trump Skips Climate Meeting, Touts His Environmental Record" (Greenwire)

"Trump Says He’s Unwilling to Risk U.S. Energy Wealth for Windmill ‘Dreams’" (Bloomberg)

"Donald Trump Skips G7 Session on Climate Change and Amazon Fires" (Daily Beast)

"Trump, on Climate, Says He Won't Jeopardize U.S. Wealth On 'Dreams'" (Reuters)

Source: Politico, 08/27/2019