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hatrack

(59,592 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 07:01 PM Oct 2018

Well 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 report’s 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 we’re 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 don’t want to do that," he added. "All we’re 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

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Well Gaw-Lee! Non-Scientist NASA Boss Sees "No Reason To Dismiss" IPCC Climate Forecast (Original Post) hatrack Oct 2018 OP
Baby steps, apparently RHMerriman Oct 2018 #1
IIRC Bridenstine is grad of Rice , known for science and engineering. Did he learn something? bobbieinok Oct 2018 #2
As others have noted, he likely hangs out with scientists all day long . . . hatrack Oct 2018 #3
Perhaps why Rice plays Texas? RHMerriman Oct 2018 #4
When was this? I'm a 61 grad. Was so sad I wasn't old enough to vote for JFK in 60 bobbieinok Oct 2018 #5
September 12, 1962. RHMerriman Oct 2018 #6
Thanks. Ted spoke at Rice during the 60 election. IIRCin a small room in the library bobbieinok Oct 2018 #7

hatrack

(59,592 posts)
3. As others have noted, he likely hangs out with scientists all day long . . .
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 07:40 PM
Oct 2018

Maybe some of it is rubbing off.

RHMerriman

(1,376 posts)
4. Perhaps why Rice plays Texas?
Sun Oct 21, 2018, 08:09 PM
Oct 2018

Back when our nation had a president who could speak worth a damn...

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