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Government scientists say 2017 was among hottest years on record as Trump administration dismantles efforts to fight climate change

2017 was the second-hottest year in recorded history, NASA reported, while scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported it was the third-warmest they’ve ever recorded.
The two government agencies use different methodologies to calculate global temperatures, but by either standard, the 2017 results make the past four years the hottest period ever recorded.
The renewed evidence of climate change, driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases, comes as the Trump administration moves to open new areas for oil drilling and rolls back regulations that sought to reduce global warming.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/01/18/2017-was-among-the-planets-hottest-years-on-record-government-scientists-report/?utm_term=.0de3b9399d7d&wpisrc=al_news__alert-national&wpmk=1