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EPA Chief Says Carbon Dioxide Doesn't Cause Climate Change

The only problem with that statement? His agency's website contradicts it.

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Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, says he does not believe carbon dioxide has a major impact on global warming.

In an interview with CNBC's "Squawk Box" Pruitt said this: 

"I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there's 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."

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That statement actually goes against the EPA's website and previous stance on the causes of global warming.

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On Twitter, politicians and scientists alike took issue with Pruitt's comments.

Despite the backlash, President Donald Trump — who nominated Pruitt to the position — might not disagree with the EPA chief. Trump himself has questioned climate change and global warming in the past.