Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumWell Gaw-Lee! Non-Scientist NASA Boss Sees "No Reason To Dismiss" IPCC Climate Forecast
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By contrast, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, whose agency is at the forefront of studying climate change, said he accepts the reports findings. I have no reason to dismiss the report at all," he told The Atlantic. "NASA is one agency on the planet that does more to inform the world on how the climate is changing than any other agency, and were going to continue to do that."
But Bridenstine, who was nominated by Trump, gave no indication he would push Republicans to agree with him and the majority of scientists on climate change.
My role is to deliver dispassionate science and allow policy makers to have these debates about it, he said when asked about discussing the report with his GOP colleagues. Look, if I start engaging in what to do about the science that we receive, then it politicizes what NASA is all about, and we dont want to do that," he added. "All were going to do is study the planet and make sure that all of that data and all of that science is made available to the public.
The report found that the Earth would suffer dire consequences, such as sea level rise and drought, by 2040 if greenhouse gas emissions continue on their current trajectory. The report gave world leaders until 2030 to dramatically cut emissions and avoid the worst consequences.
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/412269-trump-nasa-chief-no-reason-to-dismiss-un-climate-report
RHMerriman
(1,376 posts)Baby steps, apparently
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)hatrack
(59,592 posts)Maybe some of it is rubbing off.
RHMerriman
(1,376 posts)Back when our nation had a president who could speak worth a damn...
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bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)RHMerriman
(1,376 posts)September 12, 1962.
He had 14 months to live.