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Update: July 2017
Lamar Goes to Greenland on a Denial Quest / July 15
On an aerial tour of Greenland, for example, the lawmakers saw the retreating “sugar top” ice cap and connecting glaciers. Scientists told them about how warmer temperatures had even changed the local insect populations.
“They were pretty clear that 10 years ago they didn’t have mosquitoes in the summer and now they do,” said Rep. Jerry McNerney, a Democrat who joined the committee because he wanted to take action on climate, and who accompanied Smith to the Arctic. “There was some real direct, you know, concrete evidence that things are changing.”
“He believes you can’t do anything if it’s going to hurt the economy," McNerney said, referring to Smith.
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Read More @ Climate News:
Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s budget director:
“Regarding the question as to climate change, I think the President was fairly straightforward —
We’re not spending money on that anymore; we consider that to be a waste of your money to go out and do that.”
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March 29, 2017
● https://phys.org/news/2017-03-climate-science-descends-bullying-food-fight.html
● http://gizmodo.com/todays-congressional-hearing-on-climate-change-was-a-co-1793787320
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Revealing the thinking of the House Science Committee chairman
House Science Committee chairman: Americans should get news from Trump, not media
By David Weigel / Washington Post - January 25, 2017
In a remarkable Tuesday night floor speech, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), the chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, praised the physical and mental powers of President Trump and encouraged people to get “unvarnished” news directly from the president, not from the news media.
Science Committee Chair Says 'Science' Is Not a Good Source For Science
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