Fact check, please: EPA chief @GinaEPA says '99% of scientists agree climate change is happening'

Greg P. | 9:13 AM on January 20, 2016

Last week the White House organized #BigBlockOfCheese day to let Americans interact directly with some of the top people in the Obama administration via social media.

Here’s one of the questions to EPA chief Gina McCarthy:

Why are there such drastically different opinions on climate change? @GinaEPA #BigBlockOfCheeseDay

— Scott Jazdzewski (@CoachJsClass) January 13, 2016

And here’s her answer which it looks like she just made up:

There aren't. 99% of scientists agree climate change is happening. #BigBlockOfCheeseDay https://t.co/GCQKfU7JoM

— Gina McCarthy (@GinaEPA) January 13, 2016

Oh, really? “There aren’t” any different opinions? 99% of all scientists agree that “climate change is happening”? How about a link to that study, eh?

Please reference the evidence of this claim. https://t.co/DlAqZbnvI3

— (((justsayingDMY))) (@justsayingDMY) January 15, 2016

https://twitter.com/Travesham/status/687392175810715648

Less than 1% of scientists are climate scientists.
Under half of climate scientists say man causes global warming. https://t.co/PPY08OZK0V

— RufusKings1776 (@RufusKings1776) January 13, 2016

We assume she bungled the often used “97% of climate scientists agree” that climate change is happening and humans are the main cause of it, but that’s wrong, too: