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| Trump appoints man who thinks climate science is 'junk' to top science post | Trump appoints man who thinks climate science is 'junk' to top science post |
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| Donald Trump has nominated one of its long-time allies and a strident climate sceptic to serve in the top scientific post of at the Agriculture Department. | Donald Trump has nominated one of its long-time allies and a strident climate sceptic to serve in the top scientific post of at the Agriculture Department. |
| Sam Clovis, who has described the near universal consensus on the threat of climate change as “junk science”, was selected for the position of the USDA’s Research, Education and Economics division. |