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| Trump rejects environmental ‘prophets of doom’ and their ‘apocalyptic predictions’ in Davos speech (VIDEOS) | |
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| In his address at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump rejected environmental “perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse” as alarmists seeking absolute power. | In his address at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump rejected environmental “perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse” as alarmists seeking absolute power. |
| “They are the heirs of yesterday’s foolish fortune tellers,” Trump added, saying similar previous predictions of environmental doom included the overpopulation fear of the 1960s and ‘peak oil’ concerns in the 1990s. | “They are the heirs of yesterday’s foolish fortune tellers,” Trump added, saying similar previous predictions of environmental doom included the overpopulation fear of the 1960s and ‘peak oil’ concerns in the 1990s. |
| Trump also told the packed auditorium that the US will join the ‘one trillion trees’ initiative launched at this year’s forum session under which public and private funds would be used to plant the huge number of trees by the end of this decade. | Trump also told the packed auditorium that the US will join the ‘one trillion trees’ initiative launched at this year’s forum session under which public and private funds would be used to plant the huge number of trees by the end of this decade. |
| The forum has effectively played host to an indirect exchange of views between Trump and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who also spoke at Davos on Tuesday. | The forum has effectively played host to an indirect exchange of views between Trump and Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who also spoke at Davos on Tuesday. |
| The 17-year-old said that “pretty much nothing” has been done to reduce CO2 emissions, and appealed to world leaders to listen to young people’s concerns: "The science and voice of young people is not the center of the conversation, but it needs to be." | The 17-year-old said that “pretty much nothing” has been done to reduce CO2 emissions, and appealed to world leaders to listen to young people’s concerns: "The science and voice of young people is not the center of the conversation, but it needs to be." |
| The teen recently admitted that the school strike campaign and protests she spearheaded for a year have not effectively achieved anything on the climate front, given that greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise. | |
| Speaking to reporters right after his speech on Tuesday, Trump was asked if he thought Thunberg specifically was right on climate change, with the president responding: “I’m a big believer in the environment.” | |
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