11-09-2017, 03:46 AM
And another one gets nominated where they should not have any business..
Quote:President Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Homeland Security — which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to disasters — refuses to acknowledge the basic climate science needed for her to protect the nation from future disasters during her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. Ignoring the fact that the White House just approved and released a massive report from 13 federal agencies declaring that humans are responsible for all recent global warming, DHS nominee Kirstjen Nielsen still repeated the same tired science-denying talking point that has become a common refrain in the Trump administration: namely, that the climate is always changing and humans play some role, but darned if you know what it is. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), one of Congress’ top proponents of climate action, was able to utterly dismantle Nielsen’s denial.Sen. Carper eviscerates Trump’s Homeland Security pick for her climate science denial – ThinkProgress