It's not like the White House is refusing to acknowledge the facts, by doing ridiculous things like refusing to open emails from EPA scientists, so they can say they were never informed about the facts behind global warming.

Oh, wait a minute, I take that back
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/washington/25epa.html

Because if they were informed that greenhouse gases were pollutants, then they would be legally bound to do something about it. So they acted like the dignified people they are, they refused to open the email, put their hands over their ears and chanted "nah nah nah, I can't hear you, what are you saying nah nah nah, nope I never heard about greenhouse gases"

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FDR's second Inaugural Address