Anne C. Mulkern, E&E NewsOriginally published by E&E NewsWade Crowfoot, a California Cabinet secretary, didn’t plan on confronting President Donald Trump on extreme heat and wildfires.
Then Trump dismissed climate change.“It’ll just start getting cooler, you just watch,” Trump said during a Monday meeting with California officials who were briefing him on the state’s catastrophic wildfires.Crowfoot, in a response that went viral, responded: “I wish science agreed with you.”“Well, I don’t think science knows, actually,” Trump retorted before turning away.Crowfoot, 47, runs California’s Natural Resources Agency and oversees 19,000 employees and multiple agencies.