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An architect behind Project 2025 minimizes the climate crisis

At a New York Times Climate Forward event, Heritage Foundation president Kevin D. Roberts downplayed the dangers of climate change, calling it a “hot year” and dismissing long-term global warming trends.

Coral Davenport reports for The New York Times.

In short:

The Heritage Foundation president criticized the Biden administration’s climate policies and denied the scientific consensus on global warming at the New York Times event.
Roberts defended Project 2025, which seeks to replace career scientists in federal agencies with political appointees and roll back climate regulations.
Despite Trump distancing himself from Project 2025, Roberts claims the project remains influential in shaping conservative policy.

Key quote:

“It sounds like weather to me, a hot year.”

— Kevin D. Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation

Why this matters:

It’s striking to see this level of climate denial at a time when global temperatures are consistently rising, fueling stronger heat waves, floods and wildfires that we all feel in our bones. According to a report from the World Economic Forum, if unchecked, climate change could lead to an additional 14.5 million deaths by 2050. Read more: We are undercounting heat-related deaths in the US.

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