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Al Roker: Climate change is not ignorable. Stop debating what is staring us all in our faces.
NBC News ^ | 09/19/2019 | Al Roker

Posted on 09/19/2019 12:41:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Climate change affects everybody. It doesn't care if you're black or white, rich or poor, male or female. Climate change affects everybody, and the notion that we can ignore it is just foolhardy. We are talking about the fate of our planet.

We're seeing global temperatures rise at an alarming rate. We're seeing the world's oceans warming at an alarming rate. We're seeing a growing number of climate refugees — even though that term isn't yet broadly recognized in international law — whether they are on the South Pacific island of Kiribati, on the North slopes of Alaska or in the Sahara. We have farmers dealing with changing soil and growing conditions. We have folks who are running out of clean running water because of drought.

There's not one part of the globe that's not being affected by this. Both on a national level and on a global level, there's nothing more pressing.

The average person understands this; the average person knows that there's something going on. And, the average American is looking for more leadership from elected officials on the federal level. In frustration, they're turning to their state and local officials, and saying, We want action. And so states and local governments are picking up the slack and enacting local and statewide ordinances to combat climate change.

I am optimistic — carefully optimistic — that we can make changes. Part of that is because I have found people to be receptive, when they have an open mind and don't come to these issues from an ideological viewpoint, that it can't be happening.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alroker; climatechange; fakenews; fakescience; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; msnbc; nbc; nobrainscollectively
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To: Liz

“...Helter Skelter in a summer swelter...”


61 posted on 09/19/2019 1:24:32 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: SeekAndFind

Every statement is a lie.

#FakeScience


62 posted on 09/19/2019 1:25:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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Any questions about which of these bodies determines our 'weather?' ;)

63 posted on 09/19/2019 1:26:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: Retrofitted

You’re right.


64 posted on 09/19/2019 1:27:39 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hey Roker, just stick to being their token affirmative action hire and shut the hell up.


65 posted on 09/19/2019 1:28:16 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Any questions about which of these bodies determines our 'weather?' ;)

The media is going to go haywire trying to pin that Red line on Trump.

66 posted on 09/19/2019 1:28:17 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SeekAndFind

Al Roker, you’re a sad sad man.


67 posted on 09/19/2019 1:28:26 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SeekAndFind

Al Roker is a clown!!


68 posted on 09/19/2019 1:28:29 PM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes, climate change is real. It’s been real for approximately the last 4.5 billion years.


69 posted on 09/19/2019 1:29:03 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: Impala64ssa

Thanks for the mention. I’m not familiar with the weather in that region, so the report was helpful.

Here the weather was 5 to 15 degrees colder than normal for the first six months of the year. It’s been mild since.


70 posted on 09/19/2019 1:29:18 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Gee, I wonder why Fake News NBC won't let anyone COMMENT on this article!
71 posted on 09/19/2019 1:29:38 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Impala64ssa

I should say, mild in general. We have had some ninety and 100 degree weather, but it hasn’t been a true summer season like it generally is. It’s milder > IMO.


72 posted on 09/19/2019 1:30:28 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: SeekAndFind
1967 — Stanford University expert Paul Erlich predicted “time of famines” in 1975.
1971 — A top NASA expert predicted an “ice age” by 2021.
1988 — It was predicted that the Maldives would be under water by last year.
2008 — Gore said the Arctic would be free of ice by 2013.
2009 — Charles said there was just 96 months left to save the world.

@:https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/342468/#respond
73 posted on 09/19/2019 1:30:39 PM PDT by IWontSubmit
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To: IWontSubmit
1967 — Stanford University expert Paul Erlich predicted “time of famines” in 1975. 1971 — A top NASA expert predicted an “ice age” by 2021. 1988 — It was predicted that the Maldives would be under water by last year. 2008 — Gore said the Arctic would be free of ice by 2013. 2009 — Charles said there was just 96 months left to save the world.

2016 - Every political prognosticator and "expert" predicted a landslide Hillary Clinton win, based on their "scientific" data they call polls.

74 posted on 09/19/2019 1:35:54 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: vetvetdoug

It’s so scary it makes Al crap his pants.


75 posted on 09/19/2019 1:38:00 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Obscured by Clods)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not worth commenting on.
This clown would fail a fifth grade science test.


76 posted on 09/19/2019 1:39:35 PM PDT by Da Coyote (eh)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve reduced my carbon footprint by getting rid of my television.


77 posted on 09/19/2019 1:45:10 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: SeekAndFind

“I am optimistic — carefully optimistic — that we can make changes. Part of that is because I have found people to be receptive, when they have an open mind and don’t come to these issues from an ideological viewpoint, that it can’t be happening.”

Al Baby, maybe you can tell us how the climate will be fixed. How much will it cost? Who pays for it? Who gets the money? What happens if whoever is responsible for fixing the climate makes it worse? What is the mitigation plan for that?

Simple questions that the climate alarmists will not answer.


78 posted on 09/19/2019 1:47:09 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (When you think about what the left is doing to America, think no further than Cloward-Piven)
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To: SeekAndFind

Climate change is a joke!


79 posted on 09/19/2019 1:47:10 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: SeekAndFind

ignorable?


80 posted on 09/19/2019 1:52:43 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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