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NOAA scientists debunk Trump’s ‘global waming’ tweets with a cartoon

Cartoon tweeted out bu NOAA scientists Tuesday morning. Credi: NOAA

“Winter storms don’t prove that global warming isn’t happening.”

U.S. government climate scientists took the unprecedented step of tweeting out a rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s recent tweets implying that winter storms and cold weather in the U.S. somehow disprove global warming.

“Large parts of the Country are suffering from tremendous amounts of snow and near record setting cold,” Trump tweeted out last week. “Wouldn’t be bad to have a little of that good old fashioned Global Warming right now!”

On Monday evening, he tweeted again: “What the hell is going on with Global Waming? [sic] Please come back fast, we need you!”

View the complete January 29 article by Joe Romm on the ThinkProgress website here.

Trump on climate change: ‘People like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we’re not necessarily such believers.’

President Trump on Nov. 26 reacted to a major report issued Nov. 23 that said climate change will challenge the economy, environment, and human health. (The Washington Post)

President Trump on Tuesday dismissed a landmark report compiled by 13 federal agencies detailing how damage from global warming is intensifying throughout the country, saying he is not among the “believers” who see climate change as a pressing problem.

The comments were the president’s most extensive yet on why he disagrees with his own government’s analysis, which found that climate change poses a severe threat to the health of Americans, as well as to the country’s infrastructure, economy and natural resources. The findings — unequivocal, urgent and alarming — are at odds with the Trump administration’s rollback of environmental regulations and absence of any climate action policy.

“One of the problems that a lot of people like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we’re not necessarily such believers,” Trump said during a freewheeling 20-minute Oval Office interview with The Washington Post in which he was asked why he was skeptical of the dire National Climate Assessment his administration released Friday.

View the complete November 27 article by Josh Dawsey, Philip Rucker, Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney on The Washington Post website here.

Trump Repeatedly Undermines Blockbuster Climate Change Report

Trump tried to bury his own administration’s report outlining how climate change could cost the U.S. economy hundreds of billions of dollars and threaten the health of  thousands if action is not taken to address global warming soon.

Now, despite these dire warnings, Trump continues to deny climate change.

“I don’t believe it.” – Trump

And the White House is trying to discredit the report written by nearly 300 scientists and 13 federal agencies.

“This is the most extreme version, and it’s not based on facts.” – Sarah Sanders

Trump is now doubling down on his climate change denial.

“One of the problems that a lot of people like myself — we have very high levels of intelligence, but we’re not necessarily such believers.” – Trump

“Whether or not it’s man-made and whether or not the effects that you’re talking about are there, I don’t see it.” – Trump

Trump’s not even making sense. Like, really.

“And when you’re talking about an atmosphere, oceans are very small.” – Trump

Here’s What’s In the Climate Report Trump Didn’t Want You To See

On Black Friday, the Trump administration tried to bury its own report showing that climate change could cost the economy hundreds of billions of dollars and kill thousands if something is not done soon. Here’s what Trump doesn’t want you to know:

Climate change could cost our economy hundreds of billions of dollars by the end of the century – potentially more than 10% of our GDP.

CNN: “A new US government report delivers a dire warning about climate change and its devastating impacts, saying the economy could lose hundreds of billions of dollars — or, in the worst-case scenario, more than 10% of its GDP — by the end of the century.”

Higher temperatures from climate change could kill thousands per year by the end of the century.

CNN: “Higher temperatures will also kill more people, the report says. The Midwest alone, which is predicted to have the largest increase in extreme temperature, will see an additional 2,000 premature deaths per year by 2090.”

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