EPA's Wheeler Flat-Out Lies That Most Climate Threats Are "50-75 Years Away"

[hatrack]

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In March, in his first televised interview after being confirmed as the EPA chief, Wheeler told CBS that "most of the threats from climate change are 50 to 75 years out," contradicting the conclusions of top scientists in the US government and international organizations like the UN.

Instead, Wheeler stressed that access to clean drinking water was the greatest concern facing the environment, a sentiment echoed in the White House's Earth Day statement, which said the administration is working to strengthen the "security and reliability of our drinking water and accelerating spending on water infrastructure."

An analysis by the environmental advocacy group the Sierra Club, released Monday, found nine instances in which Wheeler's statements about the delayed impact of climate change were directly contradicted in the National Climate Assessment, a government-sponsored climate analysis authored by scientists from 13 federal agencies that was released in November. (there is no link to this analysis because they gave it to us exclusively)

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2. Higher temperatures

Between 1901 and 2016, the global average temperatures "have increased by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit," and there is no evidence that the rise in temperature has been caused by any "natural explanation," according to the report. "The evidence consistently points to human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse or heat-trapping gases, as the dominant cause," the report states.

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https://www.kctv5.com/federal-report-contradicts-epa-chief-s-claims-that-climate-change/article_85ee0a0a-6734-560b-b7f4-fa8ab919d08e.html

[Blues Heron]

1. what an eedjit

tell that to the wine growers of Virgina that lost the entire 2018 crop to climate change induced torrential rains. The rains blew through the previous all-time rain record by 10 percent. That's like a runner obliterating the world record Mile time by 20 seconds.

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. I won't hit that brick wall for a couple of seconds...

There's no need to step on the brake right now.