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EPA on U.N. Climate-Change Report: 'What Report? Haven't Heard of It'
On Oct. 6, United Nations policy makers approved a report presenting a “dire” picture of the coming changes to the planet, including the extinction of coral reefs, spikes in extreme weather events like hurricanes or drought, and widespread food and water shortages that would multiply the risks of mass migration, political instability, and global war.
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But in the nearly two weeks since the report’s release, the federal government has avoided the subject or declined to discuss it at length.
A spokesperson from the New York headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told The Daily Beast that she was unaware of the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “What report?” she asked. “I haven’t heard of it.”
After further discussion, the EPA spokesperson declined to comment on whether the government agency had reviewed the paper or made any plans to respond to it. Representatives from the other nine regional offices either declined to comment, did not respond to requests for comment, or deferred to the D.C. office. In an email to The Daily Beast, a spokesperson for the national office wrote that the agency would not endorse the report’s findings.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/epa-on-un-climate-change-report-what-report-havent-heard-of-it
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But in the nearly two weeks since the report’s release, the federal government has avoided the subject or declined to discuss it at length.
A spokesperson from the New York headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) told The Daily Beast that she was unaware of the recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. “What report?” she asked. “I haven’t heard of it.”
After further discussion, the EPA spokesperson declined to comment on whether the government agency had reviewed the paper or made any plans to respond to it. Representatives from the other nine regional offices either declined to comment, did not respond to requests for comment, or deferred to the D.C. office. In an email to The Daily Beast, a spokesperson for the national office wrote that the agency would not endorse the report’s findings.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/epa-on-un-climate-change-report-what-report-havent-heard-of-it
I think the Daily Beast should name this spokesperson. Either she's breathtakingly incompetent, or her first reaction was to tell the media to fuck off because she didn't feel like discussing a report showing her bosses are reckless greedy bastards who want to see the world in ruins.
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