Trump Denies Climate Change and Twists Facts in UN Speech

US President Donald Trump used his address to world leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday to denounce climate change and green energy, making a series of misleading claims in a rambling speech that went on for nearly an hour.

The speech comes in the midst of Climate Week NYC and as the world gears up for climate talks in Brazil in November.

Trump chided countries for their efforts to cut emissions and their immigration policies — what he called a “double-tailed monster.” He called climate change a “hoax” and “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world,” echoing his previous ...