Science Hating EPA Chief Claims Harvey Has Nothing To Do With Climate Change

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The level of crazy in Trump’s wacky government continues to grow as Environmental Protection Agency boss Scott Pruitt continues to deny the science and refuse to accept that climate change may, in fact, be responsible for the drastic increase in severe weather and said the following:

Hurricane Harvey has nothing at all to do with climate change and for anyone to say otherwise is opportunistic and misplaced.

Pruitt continued with the anti-science rhetoric common to the Trump administration during an interview with Breitbart (no surprise there) when he was asked what he thought about the “left-wing media’s” recent attempts “to make this seem like it’s climate change, that climate change is responsible, it’s actually America’s fossil fuel consumption that’s caused this tropical storm.”

Pruitt said he had been too “focused” on the response to the disaster to really pay much attention to what the media was saying. But Marlow apparently wasn’t satisfied with this answer as he continued to press the EPA chief:

What would you say, theoretically, if they challenged you and they said that ‘this is something that has only taken place because of climate change,’ what would be your response?

Pruitt’s response shouldn’t surprise the rational thinkers among us:

…I think for opportunistic media to use events like this to, without basis or support, just to simply engage in a cause and effect type of discussion, and not focus upon the needs of people, I think is misplaced.

Despite Pruitt’s wrong-headed remarks, the EPA apparently does believe in that whole science thing even though its employees have been instructed not to use the words “climate change.”

Think about that for a moment: employees of the Environmental Protection Agency, keyword “environment” aren’t allowed to talk about a long term climate event that will most certainly cause great distress to the ‘environment.’

In a press release that seems at odds with Pruitt and Trump’s anti-science vision, the EPA explained that..

….rising global average temperature is associated with widespread changes in weather patterns. Scientific studies indicate that extreme weather events such as heat waves and large storms are likely to become more frequent or more intense with human-induced climate change.

The study cited in the press release specifically referred to “Heavy Precipitation” events:

“In recent years, a higher percentage of precipitation in the United States has come in the form of intense single-day events. The prevalence of extreme single-day precipitation events remained fairly steady between 1910 and the 1980s but has risen substantially since then. Nationwide, nine of the top 10 years for extreme one-day precipitation events have occurred since 1990.”

So, do the carefully crafted words of his own team appear to be at odds with the Trump devotee? Is this yet another example of the professionals asserting themselves and fighting against the crazy? Only time will tell if they have a chance of winning.

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