Listen Live
Donate
 on air
Schedule

KCRW

Read & Explore

  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Food
  • Culture
  • Events

Listen

  • Live Radio
  • Music
  • Podcasts
  • Full Schedule

Information

  • About
  • Careers
  • Help / FAQ
  • Newsletters
  • Contact

Support

  • Become a Member
  • Become a VIP
  • Ways to Give
  • Shop
  • Member Perks

Become a Member

Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth journalism, community storytelling, and free events. You'll become a KCRW Member and get a year of exclusive benefits.

DonateGive Monthly

Copyright 2026 KCRW. All rights reserved.

Report a Bug|Privacy Policy|Terms of Service|
Cookie Policy|FCC Public Files

Back to To the Point

To the Point

Can Trump Revoke Climate Science?

President Trump on the National Climate Assessment: “I don’t believe it.” Now he’s ordered federal agencies to downplay evidence-based predictions. They can’t even use the phrase “climate change.”

  • rss
Download MP3
  • Share
By Warren Olney • Jun 3, 2019 • 38m Listen

Despite record storms, fires and flooding, federal agencies are being asked to ignore--and even deny--climate change. Methods for measuring public health risks are being discarded. While greenhouse gas regulations are being repealed, government subsidies continue to generate fossil fuels. Gina McCarthy led the EPA under Obama. We’ll discuss the danger of abandoning evidence-based science and how hard it will be to recover.

  • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

  • KCRW placeholder

    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

  • KCRW placeholder

    Gina McCarthy

    Director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

    NewsNationalPolitics
Back to To the Point