Jerry Brown: If the US stops collecting climate data, CA will launch its own satellite

[tinrobot]

Gov. Jerry Brown, rallying a room of scientists Wednesday with his most heated rhetoric yet on the topic, suggested California would defy the federal government should President-elect Donald Trump impede the state’s efforts to thwart climate change.

“We’ve got the scientists, we’ve got the lawyers and we’re ready to fight. We’re ready to defend,” he said to boisterous applause at the American Geophysical Union conference in San Francisco.

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He reminded the scientists that he earned his nickname, Governor Moonbeam, in his first governorship for proposing that the state launch its own communications satellite, and even had an ex-astronaut on his payroll as a space adviser. “I didn’t get that moniker for nothing,” Brown said.

“And, if Trump turns off the satellites, California will launch its own damn satellite,” he added. “We’re going to collect that data.”

Glad we have at least one state leading the way. I hope more states join in.

[TDale313]

1. I love my state. n/t

[Charles Bukowski]

2. Every time one of our elected officials gives Trump

the finger, it makes me proud to be a Californian.

[onecaliberal]

3. So happy to live here

[tinrobot]

5. We're setting a great example.

Hope other states follow our lead.

[Silver Gaia]

6. Me, too.

I'm a transplant, but this is my home and I am proud to be a Californian!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. I'm tempted to move there.

My old math and physics degrees have never helped me here.

I'd feel bad to leave my disabled brother behind, though, and he doesn't want to leave. I did the same thing when my parents were elderly, turning down opportunities elsewhere to help care for them.