Dana Perino's Bright Idea - People In The Philippines Need To Use MORE Fossil Fuels!

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On the November 14 edition of Fox News' The Five, co-host Dana Perino attacked environmentalists who express concern that manmade global warming could impact the strength of major storms like the super typhoon that devastated the Philippines. Perino argued that discussing global warming "is the perfect excuse not to do anything for people living in the Third World." Perino later doubled down, saying, "it's an excuse to not help people in poverty."

Instead of focusing on global warming, Perino's solution to help those vulnerable to the impacts of climate change would be to "help provide affordable electricity to people that are living there, so that they could've had more information so that they could've gotten out of harm's way. With more affordable electricity that is steady, you have better education, you have better health care, you have better well-being and you have the possibility of trade, which will actually help everybody." Perino concluded, "What we should be doing is providing them with more fossil fuels."

The possible impact of climate change on weather isn't being used by environmentalists as an excuse to "do nothing" - quite the opposite. Unmentioned in the segment were the efforts of environmentally-minded United Nations delegates who established the Green Climate Fund in an effort to provide aid to places, like the Philippines, who are disproportionately affected by the consequences of carbon emissions. This fund has been repeatedly scorned by conservative media, who say developing nations are just looking to "cash in" on "climate gold."

What's more, fighting climate change and suppressing energy prices for developing nations are not mutually exclusive. In fact, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been addressing that very issue with its work in the Phillipines, the third most vulnerable country to climate change. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has also outlined climate policy strategies that "can generate enough revenue to fully offset the impact of the higher prices on the most vulnerable households."

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http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/11/15/foxs-perino-philippines-needed-more-fossil-fuel/196914

[CJCRANE]

1. Why do people accept jobs where they are paid to spout nonsense?

This world would be a better place if these hacks had a little self respect.

FWIW solar panels would make more sense.

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2. Is she still employed by the Whitehouse?

She was hired as some kind of press aide a couple years back.