--- title: Betsy DeVos Declines to Speak on Climate Change Views description: Betsy DeVos declined to reveal her thoughts Friday on humanity's hand in global warming, hedging only that the environment does change canonical: https://time.com/4803767/betsy-devos-climate-change-paris-agreement-accord-president-donald-trump/ author: Catherine Trautwein article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-02T20:10:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T05:14:37.242Z article:section: Politics og:title: Betsy DeVos on Global Warming: 'Certainly the Climate Changes' og:description: Though she lauded President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris agreement og:url: https://time.com/4803767/betsy-devos-climate-change-paris-agreement-accord-president-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb339578c3349eda4/6988cf5ecd1bba0ddc70567c/gettyimages-687808708.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Testifies To House Appropriations Committee On Education Dept. Budget og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Betsy DeVos on Global Warming: 'Certainly the Climate Changes' twitter:description: Though she lauded President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris agreement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb339578c3349eda4/6988cf5ecd1bba0ddc70567c/gettyimages-687808708.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Betsy DeVos on Global Warming: 'Certainly the Climate Changes' by [Catherine Trautwein](https://time.com/author/catherine-trautwein/) ## Catherine Trautwein Jun 2, 2017 8:10 PM UTC  Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing before the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on May 24, 2017 on Capitol Hill. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing before the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on May 24, 2017 on Capitol Hill.Alex Wong/Getty Images by [Catherine Trautwein](https://time.com/author/catherine-trautwein/) ## Catherine Trautwein Jun 2, 2017 8:10 PM UTC Secretary of Education [Betsy DeVos](http://time.com/4797758/betsy-devos-east-hartford-high-school-rally/) has lauded President Trump’s decision to leave the [Paris climate accord](http://time.com/4802845/how-president-trump-decided-to-exit-the-paris-agreement/) but declined to reveal her thoughts Friday on humanity’s hand in [global warming](http://time.com/4801811/donald-trump-paris-agreement-climate-change-cities/), saying only that the environment does change. “Certainly, the climate changes. Yes,” she told journalists, according to [the Washington _Post_.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/06/02/devos-praises-paris-withdrawal-wont-say-if-humans-drive-climate-change-certainly-the-climate-changes/?utm%5Fterm=.0f7ef64290c5) In a [statement](https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-devos-releases-statement-president-trumps-decision-withdraw-us-paris-climate-accord) Thursday, DeVos called the United States’ exit from the historic agreement on [climate change](http://time.com/4802829/mit-researchers-trump-climate-change-paris/) another example of the President’s “commitment to rolling back the unrealistic and overreaching regulatory actions by the previous administration.” “President Trump is making good on his promise to put America and American workers first,” the statement said. DeVos visited Washington, D.C., public charter school Eagle Academy PCS Friday where she observed the school’s facilities and science fair and read to students from Dr. Seuss, according to the _Post_. > [](https://twitter.com/BetsyDeVosED/status/870711379585454080) \[[_Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/06/02/devos-praises-paris-withdrawal-wont-say-if-humans-drive-climate-change-certainly-the-climate-changes/?utm%5Fterm=.0f7ef64290c5)\] Betsy DeVos Declines to Speak on Climate Change Views ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4803767/betsy-devos-climate-change-paris-agreement-accord-president-donald-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4803767/betsy-devos-climate-change-paris-agreement-accord-president-donald-trump/"},"headline":"Betsy DeVos on Global Warming: 'Certainly the Climate Changes'","datePublished":"2017-06-02T20:10:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T05:14:37.242Z","description":"Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has lauded President Trump's decision to leave the Paris climate accord","url":"https://time.com/4803767/betsy-devos-climate-change-paris-agreement-accord-president-donald-trump/","keywords":["climate change","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb339578c3349eda4/6988cf5ecd1bba0ddc70567c/gettyimages-687808708.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Catherine Trautwein","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/catherine-trautwein/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb339578c3349eda4/6988cf5ecd1bba0ddc70567c/gettyimages-687808708.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Testifies To House Appropriations Committee On Education Dept. 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