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Hunting for Trump's Climate Views Leads Down a Rabbit Hole, Perry Says

  • U.S. Energy Secretary says critics should look at innovation
  • Perry scheduled to attend ministerial meetings in Beijing

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People shouldn’t focus on whether U.S. President Donald Trump believes climate change is real, according to one of his own cabinet members.

“Those of you that focus on that are chasing a rabbit down a hole,” U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said to reporters in Tokyo on Monday. “Is the climate changing? Yes. Is man having an impact? Yes,” Perry said ahead of attending Clean Energy and Mission Innovation ministerial meetings in Beijing on Tuesday.