Congress Pushes Us Another Step Back — Toward the Dark Ages
November 21, 2011 at 12:55 PM Leave a comment
This is unbelievable, and I don’t use that word lightly:
Can Congress say no to an innocuous, zero-cost request for a government agency to reorganize itself so that it contains a National Climate Service? The answer — in our anti-science, post-truth, batshit crazy America — is yes.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wanted to create what it calls a “one stop shop” for climate information, which is more in demand than ever.
Farmers are wondering when to plant. Urban planners want to know whether groundwater will stop flowing under subdivisions. Insurance companies need climate data to help them set rates.
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Meanwhile, everyone from large scientific groups like the American Geophysical Union (which represents 60,000 scientists) to the Reinsurance Association of America (which represents the groups that have to evaluate systemic climate risks for insurers) is in favor of the new organization. If only we lived in a democracy.
And I reiterate — this is a “zero-cost request,” and they still turned it down.
USA! USA! USA!
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