How the Trump White House Wound Up Releasing Dire Climate Report

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Nov. 6, 2017

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Media Highlight

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Bloomberg Politicis

"'There’s not too much tinkering or changes that can be made,' said Ann Bartuska, who until September helped lead the Global Change Research Program, the 13-agency group that produces the National Climate Assessment." "Bartuska, who is now head of the Land, Water and Nature program at Resources for the Future, said that so far, 'this administration is not impeding the production of solid scientific facts around climate change.'"

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Ann M. Bartuska is a senior advisor at RFF. Her research focuses on natural resources and forestry, especially a consideration of natural climate solutions through forests and agricultural lands.

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