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Trump Adviser: Environmentalists are “Greatest Threat to Freedom & Prosperity in Modern World”

HeadlineJan 31, 2017

A former top aide to Donald Trump says the president will “definitely” pull out of the Paris climate deal. Myron Ebell, who led Trump’s transition efforts for the Environmental Protection Agency, also said Monday that climate and environmental activists are “the greatest threat to freedom and prosperity in the modern world.”

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