NEW YORK _ President Donald Trump's top environment official acknowledges the growing risks posed by climate change _ but blames Congress for restricting the administration's ability to respond.
Andrew Wheeler, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, told McClatchy in an interview this week that the Trump administration is "statutorily" limited by Congress to respond to Americans' reliance on fossil fuels, amid its protracted campaign to roll back regulations on earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions put in place by former President Barack Obama.
As world leaders gathered at the United Nations to discuss action plans to address the perils facing a warming Earth, Wheeler said he agreed that changes in climate pose risks to the nation.
