Trump says keeping ‘open mind’ on climate change -New York Times

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says “clean air is vitally important” and he is keeping an open mind on climate change. Reuters photo by Carlo Allegri.

Trump sees connection between climate change and human activity

Nov 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he thinks there is some connection between climate change and human activity and “clean air is vitally important,” a New York Times reporter said in a tweet.

Trump, who met Times reporters and editors in New York, “says he is keeping ‘an open mind'” on the issue, the Times’ reporter wrote on Twitter.

Trump has previously called man-made global warming a hoax. “I think there is some connectivity” between humans and climate change, Trump said in the Times interview.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey and Mohammad Zargham; Editing by Doina Chiacu)