Climate change dropped from U.S. intelligence agencies' anual threat assement in 2nd Trump adminstration's first report.

Climate change taken off spy agencies' global threat list Climate change has been included in annual threat assessments since 2009, in one form or another. Andrew Freedman Axios

For the first time in over a decade, climate change or environmental issues were missing from spy agencies' assessment of worldwide threats to the U.S. on Tuesday.

 The change — which drew public pushback from one Senate Intelligence Committee member — reflects the new priorities of the Trump administration and the de-emphasis of climate change across agencies.

It also marks a departure from President Trump's first term, when former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats cited climate in his annual threat assessment reports.

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