agency s website. in the epa s website, links on how to adapt to climate change gone too. on epa s web page for the most contaminated superfund site, click the climate change link, you ll find it s being updated to reflect epa s priorities under the leadership of president trump. i don t know what it means to deny the climate. i would say that they re climate exaggerators. reporter: the agency says of course the site will be reflective of the current administration s priority. but this isn t the first time the trump administration has wiped away references to climate change. cnn reported in april the agency scrubbed this page devoted to climate change. instead, this message popped up. andrew bergmann is a part of a team of academics and nonprofits monitoring the government website for changes. what s the ultimate end goal do, you think? i think in the short-term to be able to more easily repeal certain regulations they don t
skeptics. you were up there throwing out information that says, maybe this is being exaggerated. you talk about climate exaggerators. it just seems to a lot of people around the world that you and the president are denying the reality. the reality is that climate change is happening and it s a significant threat to the planet. let me say this. i ve said it in the confirmation process and i said it yesterday. there is we have done a tremendous amount as a country to achieve reductions in co2. we have done that through technology and innovation. we will continue to do that. we will continue to stay engaged. you are putting your head in the sand. there s no evidence of that. reporter: sean spicer told reporters that he would check on whether the president still believed climate change is a hoax. as he stated in the past. did spicer have a chance to clear that up with the president? i have not had an opportunity to have that discussion.
reporter: the climate was warming at the white house as officials from the president to the administrator of the epa does the president believe today that climate change is a hoax? reporter: dodged the question. does the president believe climate change is real and a threat? it s interesting, all the discussions we had for the last several weeks have been focused on one singular issue. is paris good or not for this country? reporter: he echoed president trump s decision to pull out as a choice in favor of american workers. they don t put america first. i do. and i always will. reporter: the head of the epa took jabs at what he described as climate exaggerators, the language used by global warming skeptics. you were up there throwing out information that says, maybe this is being exaggerated. you talk about climate exaggerators. it seems to a lot of people that
of the environmental protection agency, scott pruitt. does the president believe today climate change is a hoax? reporter: dodged the question. does the president believe climate change is real and a threat to the united states. it is interesting about all of the discussions we had the last several weeks have been focused on one single ar issue, is paris good or not for the country. reporter: pru i did echoed the choice to opt out as a choice in favor of the american workers. they don t put america first. i do. and i always will. reporter: the head of the epa took jabs as what he described as climate exaggerators, the words used by global warming skeptics. you re up there throwing out information saying maybe this is exaggerated, it just seems to a lot of people around the world that you and the president are just denying the reality and the reality of the situation is climate change is happening and
central question, namely, what does the president now believe about global warming. cnn s jim acosta tonight has details. thank you very much, everybody. reporter: the climate was warming at the white house as officials from the president to the administrator of the epa does the president believe today that climate change is a hoax? reporter: dodged the question. does the president believe climate change is real and a threat to the united states? it s interesting, all the discussions we had for the last several weeks have been focused on one singular issue. is paris good or not for this country? reporter: pruitt echoed president trump s decision to pull out as a choice in favor of american workers. they don t put america first. i do. and i always will. reporter: the head of the epa took jabs at what he described as climate exaggerators, the language used by global warming