Words fail me.
The
only comparison I can make is NZ's Climate Change minister, Groser –
as a response to the IPCC report stated that local councils were on
their own when it comes to sea rise mitigation. The government isn't
interested
The
same week the government DOUBLED the area of land and sea open for
oil exploration and drilling
House Passes Bill Requiring Agencies To Put Climate Change On The Back Burner
Watch me as I destroy the planet: the smiling face of Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), the bill’s sponsor
2
April, 2014
Two
days after a U.N. report warned of increased famine, war, and poverty
from unmitigated carbon emissions, the Republican-led House of
Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would require the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to focus less
on studying climate change, and more on predicting storms.
The
bill, introduced last June by Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), wouldn’t
require NOAA to stop its climate research entirely, but it would
require the agency to “prioritize weather-related activities,
including the provision of improved weather data, forecasts, and
warnings for the protection of life and property and the enhancement
of the national economy.”
NOAA
is a scientific agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce,
focused on the changing conditions of both the oceans and the
atmosphere. It’s not a standalone entity, either — NOAA oversees
the National Weather Service, the National Ocean Service, and the
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, among other agencies.
Bridenstine’s bill would affect NOAA’s activities in all of its
underlying departments.
It’s
not particularly surprising that Bridenstine would want a smaller
government focus on climate change — he has repeatedly said that he
believes it does not exist, despite consensus from 97 percent of the
scientific community. Specifically, Bridenstine has said temperature
increases have coincided more with “solar activity” than the
human-driven increase in heat-trapping gases emitted into the
atmosphere.
Bridestine
said he hopes that shifting funds to weather forecasting and taking
them away from climate change research will “protect lives and
property,” noting that his home state of Oklahoma was ravaged by
severe tornadoes last year.
Scientists
are still trying to determine what, if any, impact climate change has
on tornadoes, though the link between other forms of extreme weather
has been shown time and again. As ClimateProgress’ Joe Romm notes,
the link between the tornadoes and climate change is scientifically
difficult to attribute, though that doesn’t mean it should be
avoided.
Dr.
Kevin Trenberth, former head of the Climate Analysis Section of the
National Center for Atmospheric Research, explains: “It is
irresponsible not to mention climate change in stories that presume
to say something about why all these storms and tornadoes are
happening. The environment in which all of these storms and the
tornadoes are occurring has changed from human influences (global
warming). Tornadoes come from thunderstorms in a wind shear
environment. … The basic driver of thunderstorms is the instability
in the atmosphere.”
It has been obvious for years that governments around the world intend to do nothiing whatsoever (of any significance) when it comes to climate change. Citizens have always been "on their own", a message I have written MANY times.
ReplyDeletePoliticans are paid whores, selling themselves out to the highest bidders (industry). Here in Amerika, it is particularly bad, but I suppose it's like this everywhere. The only "job" you can get where you don't do any work and get to order other people around.... lazy fuckers as far as I'm concerned.
The world will NOT solve the climate crisis. The evidence has been discernable for years already. No meaningful changes are going to be adopted. Politicians are short-timers, every single one of them, and do not care about future generations or the survival of humanity. The proof is found in their every action - examine what they do, month by month, year by year.
Humanity is fucked. There are simply no better words then this to describe how utterly screwed we are. The very fabric of civilization needs to be torn down and that will never happen - even if it means we go extinct because of our refusal to act decisively.
Every man, woman and child on the planet should be enraged at the gross incompetence of the world "leaders" and industry. Green and profits rule the day and until THAT goes away, nothing but lip service will be done.
You've done a great job documenting the collapse of civilization, but in the end, it has (and won't) change anything. Still, its worth doing, if you can stomach the knowledge that it will all be for nought.