Trump sees 'some connectivity' between humans, climate change

Donald Trump seemed to acknowledge that humans contribute to climate change Tuesday in a meeting with New York Times reporters, moving closer to widely held scientific opinion but away from the Republican Party line.

He is keeping an “open mind” when it comes to climate issues, he said.

“I think there is some connectivity” between human activity and climate change, Trump said in the meeting according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who was present at the meeting.

Trump has previously aligned himself more closely with those who deny human contributions to climate change, telling The Washington Post in March: “I am not a great believer in man-made climate change. I’m not a great believer.”

But Trump’s position on the issue has changed before. In 2009, Trump signed an open letter to President Barack Obama urging legislative action to combat climate change.

Trump campaigned heavily on energy issues, pledging to roll back some of the environmental regulations that have harmed the coal industry in the United States.

