Climate change and ‘green new scam’ as Trump ends rally
As Donald Trump wrapped up his speech at the New York rally, he told the crowd he will take money earmarked for climate change and spend it on “real infrastructure” if he wins the election.
He falsely claimed global warming is now called climate change because the world is “getting cooler”.
Global warming is one aspect of climate change and refers to the long-term warming of the planet. Climate change refers to the broader range of changes, including rising sea levels, shrinking mountain glaciers and shifts in flower blooming times.
Global average temperatures from June 2023 to May 2024 were 1.63 degrees above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline according to Copernicus, the EU’s climate monitoring service.
The World Meteorological Organisation warns at least one of the next five calendar years will also exceed 1.5 degrees of warming.
But Mr Trump again dismissed the impact of climate change.
“We’re going to take this money from the green new scam, one of the greatest scams in history, and we’re going to spend it on roads and bridges and real infrastructure,” he said.
“And we’re going to pay down debt… not fake infrastructure that’s caused massive inflation and has no benefit whatsoever for our country.”
