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>> do you believe that it's been proven that co 2 is the primary control knob for climate? do you believe that? >> no. i -- no. i think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there is tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact. so no, i would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming that we see. but we don't know that yet as far as -- we need to continue to the review and analysis. >> we need to continue to debate. nasa, and the epa's own website all point to human activities as the most likely cause ...

>> why is the climate changing? >> senator, in response to the co 2 issue, the epa administrator. >> i'm asking your personal opinion. >> my personal opinion is imperiai a immateri immaterial? >> really? you are going to be head of the environmental protection agency and your personal opinion is immateri immaterial? >> sir, i acknowledged to you. the impacts. >> impacts? >> tal, what do you make of that? >> this is something we heard over and over throughout the confirmation hearings. depends on the nominee. there are questions we heard multiple times. many of the cases, the nominees have actu...

Figure it out soon enough. you mentioned the hhs secretary, douglas did you want to get in on this? >> no, go ahead. >> i want to look at trump's pick. >> indicating the climate is changing -- >> but you haven't told me why you think the climate is changing. >> well, senator, the job of the administrator -- >> why is the climate changing? >> senator, in response to the co 2 issue, the administrator is constrained -- >> i'm asking you a personal opinion. >> my personal opinion is immaterial to the job -- >> you are going to be the head of the agency to protect the environment and your personal ...

Appeared for the public works committee. in the past, pruitt has doubted the scientific climate change. he said it's far from settled. pruitt told lawmakers yesterday that it's not a hoax. he also suggested it's unclear how much of a role humans actually play in affecting the climate and sparred with senator bernie sanders over that question. >> well, senator, the job of the administrator is to -- >> why is the climate changing? >> senator, in response to the co 2 issue, the epa administrator is constrained by statutes. >> i'm asking your personal opinion. >> my personal opinion is immaterial....

Second nominee, john king jr who took office last year. the man tapped to lead the environmental protection agency broke with the president-elect on policy during a contentious confirmation hearing. appearing before the senate environment and public works committee yesterday, oklahoma attoey general scott pruitt told lawmakers that climate change is not a hoax and acknowledged that humans contributed to the problem. in 2014, donald trump claimed that climate change was in fact a hoax. pruitt suggested it's unclear how much of a role that humans play in affecting the climate. at one point, he...