Pompeo downplays climate change, suggests 'people move to different places'
Source: CNN
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo downplayed climate change as a longstanding trend, suggesting that that modern societies could adapt to a changing environment, possibly with people moving to different places.
"The climate's been changing a long time. There's always changes that take place," Pompeo said.
"Societies reorganize, we move to different places, we develop technology and innovation," he added. "I am convinced, I am convinced that we will do the things necessary as the climate changes."
The comments aren't Pomepo's first foray into controversial climate assessments.
In May, Pompeo praised the Arctic's rapidly shrinking sea levels for their subsequent economic opportunities, despite continued warnings about the catastrophic effects of climate change.
"Steady reductions in sea ice are opening new passageways and new opportunities for trade -- this could potentially slash the time it takes to travel between Asia and the West by as much as 20 days," he said during remarks in Rovaniemi, Finland.
"Arctic sea lanes could become the 21st century Suez and Panama Canals."
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/07/politics/pompeo-climate-change-washington-times/index.html
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)walkingman
(7,659 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,933 posts)All Republican climate-deniers move out of Washington, DC.
comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)model of integrity and competence. I'm surprised he's lasted so long.
walkingman
(7,659 posts)changed Texas from a people oriented state to a "business friendly" state I think he is despicable. I would argue that Texas might be the GOP flagship that supported the ideology for anti-environment, perpetual war, "W" Bush of course, and he left the state firmly in the hands of like-minded people. If there is one state that more responsible for the mess we find ourselves these days, now sure who it would be. No Perry has no integrity or competence - simply a career politician who represents the worst of political tribalism.
comradebillyboy
(10,175 posts)other appointment who are all even worse than he is.
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Now we have a Sedgwick County Commissioner (no doubt BOUGHT and paid for by the Koch Cartel) wanting a vote to make wind generation ILLEGAL in all of Sedgwick County.
The old "aircraft might hit them" routine--and maybe some dead birds thrown in too. Never mind that just 10 miles out or so we have 1300 foot TV antenna's that have been there since the 50's and have yet to be hit.
applegrove
(118,777 posts)farmers are going through around the equator and if they just move they end up traumatized by violence and poverty along the route. It is like Bush II with his "they were told to leave New Orleans" excuse for others to not feel sorry for them. That went well. Statements like this are just meant to separate us from our fellow human beings.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...like every other climate change denier. I hope a plaque will be placed on every seawall, in half-mile segments, listing the name of every climate-denying politician who, not only ignored the threat, but were active liars about it.
certainot
(9,090 posts)radio stations in the country
those schools have no excuse not to find apolitical and more responsible radio stations to broadcast sports on
hatrack
(59,592 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)no clue
DBoon
(22,397 posts)of Italy, Hungary, Poland, or any other country with a right wing nationalist climate change denying government
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)Like the migrants making their way here from Guatemala?
truthisfreedom
(23,154 posts)Such a lovely black vision these cynical bastards have adopted as they snigger up their sleeves at the little plebes.
paleotn
(17,956 posts)He doesn't get it. He just doesn't get it. We're talking climate change well beyond the little ice age. Well beyond the medieval warm period. We're talking climate shocks humans haven't seen since the younger dryas. A time that hammered Homo sapien populations. Much of the middle latitudes uninhabitable even by Mad Max. Taiga, muskeg and other soils in newly warmed, higher latitudes will take centuries to become arable, if ever. With 7+ billion humans, it's a recipe for disaster beyond anything Hollywood could dream up. Oh, and that little patch of security he and his ilk are banking on in New Zealand? Forget it. They can't run and they can't hide.
Rural_Progressive
(1,107 posts)Humans have never seen the likes of that.
raccoon
(31,119 posts)paleotn
(17,956 posts)The fact that much of the soils in the far north contain vast quantities of partially decayed plant matter, particularly evergreen needles, thus very high levels of acidity. Secondly, due to relatively recent glaciation events, many northern soils are very thin to extremely thin. And not just to subsoil....to bedrock. Yellowknife is a prime example. Of course we could expend vast amounts of CO2, to transport in lime, chem fert, formed topsoil and other missing materials, plus greatly increasing the natural CO2 release from all that partially decayed organic matter deposited over millennia...but what the hell...3,4 or 8 degrees of warming....who's counting?
stopbush
(24,396 posts)and relo.
Er, sell to who? Who is waiting in line to buy your now-permanently waterlogged property?
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)hatrack
(59,592 posts)Right, Mike, you pompous bag of shit?
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Remember that pos will be in a grave when the climate change kicks in.
airplaneman
(1,240 posts)As the Earth becomes inhabitable - we will all move to our graves.
-Airplane
global1
(25,270 posts)Eugene
(61,945 posts)into the industrialized world. The administration's stated policy is that refugees should resettled close to the disaster zone they left.
0rganism
(23,970 posts)this ain't the stone age anymore, it's a lot harder to follow those great herds across the plains when we can get busted for trespassing on BLM grazing land.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)3.....2.....1...........
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)suggests we may be planning to invade. Where else are we going?
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)Probably too scary to see. Our territorialism will kill millions and we're trudging backwards away from the solutions.
A while back, I saw a map of the current arable land on earth and it was both revealing and frightening. Many areas I would have guessed to be potential good farming zones have very poor soil, such as in much of Africa.
Loss of fresh water supply may actually be our final downfall, or at least the end of civilization as we know it.
The human species has yet to be told en masse that we need to slowly but drastically reduce populations in order to simply survive.
....
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)nitpicker
(7,153 posts)Everyone else (from people underwater on their homes and businesses on down to homeless people) find it very tough to move.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Have 4 feet of water in their fields. It will be late July before they go down. And Farmers do not want bailouts.
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)On the barriers in Britain this morning. If they go the whole coastline will vanish.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/09/climate-crisis-flooding-threat-may-force-uk-towns-to-be-abandoned
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)There is nothing funny about Global warming, it is real! And is taking place all over the world.
Even the outer parts of Miami are flooding. Whole areas will disappear. Not in my life time but that is not important.
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)about the whole Moon/Mars thing that DT said yesterday, asking if that is where we would go.
You posted a truly sad fact.
I was saying global warming is not funny.
I agree with you.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Things been worse than snarky around here the last few days.
Lulu KC
(2,574 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Am one of them. Thus not catching the sarcasm.
Jim__
(14,083 posts)Republican advice to farmers who've been flooded out: move.
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,207 posts)He should move right now and leave our democracy (what little we have left) alone. Go to Russia where they like dicktaters. Take the wannabe dicktater with you.
ck4829
(35,090 posts)NickB79
(19,258 posts)So no carbon cuts and no migration. What's left then, just fucking dying?
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)area51
(11,920 posts)be sure and tell your BFF Donnie to move Merde-A-Lago further inland to keep it from becoming an underwater resort.
jayschool2013
(2,313 posts)Doctor: "Great news, Mr. Pompeo! You have cancer!"
Pompeo: "That's not great news at all. Are you kidding? I could cease to exist."
Doctor: "But this opens you to the opportunity to get medical marijuana to ease your post-radiation nausea. You've been wanting to get high, so here's your chance. Just move to a state that has MMJ."
Pompeo: "Oh, OK."
Doctor: "One last thing, Mr. Pompeo."
Pompeo: "Yes."
Doctor: "Go fuck yourself."
Nitram
(22,877 posts)The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)"societies reorganize" as a solution for climate change while he works for an orange moron who is hellbent on building a wall in order to thwart such a thing. *sigh* well at least the idiots are at least acknowledging that climate change exists.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,752 posts)chaos the likes of which the world has never seen before?
What an idiot. This is exactly one of the reasons why we DONT want climate change.
ck4829
(35,090 posts)struggle4progress
(118,334 posts)ck4829
(35,090 posts)yonder
(9,673 posts)And if you have your way those Arctic sea lanes will have the climate of the Suez and Panama Canals.
No thanks, idiot.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)No polar ice to lock up the water, the mid American sea returns.
Raine
(30,540 posts)I thought that they were opposed to all this migration. There will be many many more arriving here because where they live has become unlivable ... climate refugees.
meadowlander
(4,402 posts)to just sell their property to the eager queue of buyers looking to pick up what will become worthless land in essentially uninhabitable regions of the US.
That's a completely fair trade off for allowing oil companies to squeeze the last few drops of precious precious profit out of our planet.