WH Forms Climate Change Panel Headed by Non-Alarmist

[gnadfly]

Thanks Gawd. No more "existential threat" bullshit.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN1Q92AR

The panel, to be formed by an executive order by Trump, would be headed by William Happer, a retired Princeton University physics professor currently on the White House’s National Security Council.

Happer disagrees with mainstream climate science and believes that emissions of the main greenhouse gas that scientists blame for climate change - carbon dioxide - benefits the planet by helping plants grow.

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The document calls into question U.S. government reports that say climate change poses risks to national security, including the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment from the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Dan Coats.

“These scientific and national security judgments have not undergone a rigorous independent and adversarial scientific peer review to examine the certainties and uncertainties of climate science, as well as implications for national security,” the document said.

The annual DNI report, issued in January, said droughts, floods, wildfires and rising seas made worse by climate change and environmental degradation pose global threats to infrastructure and security.

In January, the Department of Defense said climate change was a national security issue and listed 79 domestic bases at risk from floods, drought, encroaching deserts, wildfires and in Alaska, thawing permafrost.

[dilbert firestorm]

do you know when they're going to trash that CO2 epa report that was used in the court rulings?

[oilfieldace]

Only complete fools buy the man made climate change BULLSHIT

[Munchmasterman]

This doesn't mean anything. This will be like his voter fraud committee.

So trump appointed one of his hacks. Big deal.

Also from the article you somehow missed.

Happer, who does not have a background in climate, has served on the NSC since 2018 as deputy assistant to the president for emerging technologies, and complained that carbon dioxide emissions have been maligned, a position strongly opposed by a vast majority of climate scientists.

Happer said on CNBC in 2014 that the “demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler."

Originally Posted by gnadfly

Thanks Gawd. No more "existential threat" bullshit.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKCN1Q92AR

The panel, to be formed by an executive order by Trump, would be headed by William Happer, a retired Princeton University physics professor currently on the White House’s National Security Council.

Happer disagrees with mainstream climate science and believes that emissions of the main greenhouse gas that scientists blame for climate change - carbon dioxide - benefits the planet by helping plants grow.

ADVERTISEMENT

The document calls into question U.S. government reports that say climate change poses risks to national security, including the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment from the office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Dan Coats.

“These scientific and national security judgments have not undergone a rigorous independent and adversarial scientific peer review to examine the certainties and uncertainties of climate science, as well as implications for national security,” the document said.

The annual DNI report, issued in January, said droughts, floods, wildfires and rising seas made worse by climate change and environmental degradation pose global threats to infrastructure and security.

In January, the Department of Defense said climate change was a national security issue and listed 79 domestic bases at risk from floods, drought, encroaching deserts, wildfires and in Alaska, thawing permafrost.

[SpeedRacerXXX]

Obviously Happer comes with pre-conceived opinions on climate change. Great appointment Mr. President!! (Sarcasm)

[rexdutchman]

Thanks Gawd. No more "existential threat" bullshit , Real common sense how about that ( Manhattan and Miami did sink , and a tortoise that they just new was extinct wasn't )

[bambino]

Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX

Obviously Happer comes with pre-conceived opinions on climate change. Great appointment Mr. President!! (Sarcasm)

You would have supported AOC for the position instead. ( no sarcasm intended)