Energy and Environment

Federal report: Americans are already feeling effects of climate change

By Naomi Lim

Published August 8, 2017 3:35am ET

Add Washington Examiner on Google

Federal report: Americans are already feeling effects of climate change — President Trump flew to West Virginia to hold a rally in front of a friendly crowd on the same day it was reported that special counsel Robert Mueller had impaneled a grand jury in his Russia probe.

A draft of a federal climate change assessment yet to be approved by the Trump administration has found the average temperature in the United States has risen exponentially since 1980, according to a report.

The study by scientists from 13 federal agencies also revealed recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, the New York Times reported.

Print subscriber? Click here to login/register your account

Digital subscriber? Click here to login/register your account.

Full midterm coverage.Deeper analysis.

Get unlimited access to Washington Examiner's reporting, expert analysis, and coverage of the midterm elections.

Get Unlimited Access

Cancel anytime.

Tag:

Climate Change Donald Trump Naomi Lim