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think

(11,641 posts)
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:03 PM Aug 2016

Trump: Climate change won't be ‘devastating’

Trump: Climate change won't be ‘devastating’

By Devin Henry - 08/12/16 09:15 AM EDT

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Thursday “there could be some impact” from a changing climate, “but I don’t believe it’s a devastating impact.”

~Snip~

“I would say it goes up, it goes down, and I think it’s very much like this over the years,” he said. “We’ll see what happens. I mean, we’ll see what happens. ... Certainly, climate has changed.”

Trump has long said he doesn’t believe in the science behind climate change, even though there is broad agreement among researchers that human activity has contributed to the phenomenon.

Florida is expected to struggle with rising sea levels induced by climate change, and Miami recently undertook a $500 million push to prepare for it. ...

Read more:
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/291231-trump-climate-change-wont-be-devastating
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gordianot

(15,243 posts)
2. I am starting to think Trump is for real this is not performance art.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:11 PM
Aug 2016

When he makes such assertions there is not a hint of a script or really any thought.

True Dough

(17,320 posts)
5. Exactly!
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:21 PM
Aug 2016

This is yet another statement Drumpf has made that is essentially meaningless. All we can say is he expresses skepticism regarding climate change but he fails to explain why this phenomenon isn't real.

 

Bohemianwriter

(978 posts)
6. So what is Clinton's plan to combat climate change?
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:58 PM
Aug 2016

Work to ban fracking world wide?

Replace dirty energy with solar power, wind power, hemp, and water power by 2030?

That's something I can endorse.

One thing is to acknowledge man made climate change. Doing something about it (to the grief of the oil and coal industry) is another.



reggaehead

(269 posts)
10. I believe Clinton supports Fracking
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 12:40 AM
Aug 2016

But is not in support of tar sands, shale or coal. But, that's kind of a pick your poison as renewables expand their impact. Hemp, i'm not too clear on. Though she does want to reschedule marijuana.

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greyl

(22,990 posts)
12. Please read the following
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:35 AM
Aug 2016

Hillary Clinton's plans in awareness of the seriousness of climate change:

Climate change
Taking on the threat of climate change and making America the world’s clean energy superpower.

On day one, Hillary Clinton will set bold, national goals that will be achieved within 10 years of taking office:

• Generate enough renewable energy to power every home in America, with half a billion solar panels installed by the end of Hillary’s first term.
• Cut energy waste in American homes, schools, hospitals and offices by a third and make American manufacturing the cleanest and most efficient in the world.
• Reduce American oil consumption by a third through cleaner fuels and more efficient cars, boilers, ships, and trucks.

Hillary’s plan will deliver on the pledge President Obama made at the Paris climate conference—without relying on climate deniers in Congress to pass new legislation. She will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 30 percent in 2025 relative to 2005 levels and put the country on a path to cut emissions more than 80 percent by 2050.


It continues... https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/climate/

Doodley

(9,124 posts)
7. That's a relief! I was worried about what climate change scientist were saying, but Trump knows best
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 12:16 AM
Aug 2016

pampango

(24,692 posts)
13. Hey Donald - What happened to "We need to stop it until we figure out what's going on!"?
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 07:21 AM
Aug 2016

If that 'policy' is good enough to 'justify' a travel ban on Muslims, surely it is good enough to justify action on climate change.

... I don’t believe it’s a devastating impact

leaves open the possibility that the impact may indeed be 'devastating' in your own words. Shouldn't we 'figure out what's going on' first?
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