GOP Rep. Barton Cites Biblical ‘Great Flood’ As Evidence That Climate Change Isn’t Necessarily......
Man-Made (rest of headline)
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-rep-barton-cites-biblical-great-flood-as-evidence-that-climate-change-isnt-necessarily-man-made/
Speaking before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power this Wednesday, Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) cited a biblical flood as an example of climate change that was not anthropogenic in nature.
During the committees hearing on a bill that would give Congress the authority to approve the petroleum-delivering Keystone XL Pipeline, Barton asserted his support for the project before noting that he does not deny climate change, but rather, that he disputes whether the phenomenon is man-made.
I would point out that people like me who support hydrocarbon development dont deny that climate is changing, the Texan congressman said. I think you can have an honest difference of opinion of whats causing that change without automatically being either all in thats all because of mankind or its all just natural. I think theres a divergence of evidence.
He then cited Genesis 6 : 9?s Great Flood narrative, in which God flooded the earth as divine retribution with the intention of remaking it using the animals aboard Noahs ark, as an example of climate change that was not caused my mankind.
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THIS is why the Republican Party is in trouble.