A big new US government climate report clashes with Trump administration policy

The World

 A major climate report issued by 13 federal agencies on Friday lays bare the devastating effects of climate change on the economy, health and the environment. The World’s Marco Werman interviews Katharine Hayhoe, director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University and the lead author on one of the chapters of the report.

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