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I worked on the EPA’s climate change website. Its removal is a declaration of war.
Washington Post ^
| June 23, 2017
| By Jason Samenow
Posted on 06/23/2017 10:05:19 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
This spring, political officials at the Environmental Protection Agency removed the agencys climate change website, one of the worlds top resources for information on the science and effects of climate change.
To me, a scientist who managed this website for more than five years, its removal signifies a declaration of war on climate science by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. There can be no other interpretation. I draw this conclusion as a meteorologist with a specialization in climate science and as an independent voter who strives to keep my political and scientific views separate. I concede that this specific issue is personal for me, given the countless hours I spent working on the site. But it should be obvious to anyone how this senseless action runs counter to principles of good governance and scientific integrity.
The sites overarching conclusion, informed by these scientific organizations and reports, was that recent warming is largely a result of human activities, specifically the burning of fossil fuels, which releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Pruitts order to delete the site feels purely spiteful, as if he simply couldnt abide knowing that the agency he leads was publishing information he doesnt believe. But science is not about belief its about evidence. And of all people, the head of the EPA should have the utmost respect for this evidence and its transparent communication. Pruitts choice to destroy carefully vetted scientific information rather than preserve it is a reckless and dangerous abdication of his responsibility.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bhoepa; biggovernment; fakenews; fakescience; globalism; globalwarming; globalwarmingfraud; hoax; pissoffwanker; science; scottpruitt; socialism; taxtick; trumpepa; wapo
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Jason is the Washington Posts weather editor and Capital Weather Gang's chief meteorologist. He earned a master's degree in atmospheric science, and spent 10 years as a climate change science analyst for the U.S. government. He holds the Digital Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
All that education.
All those accolades.
No commons sense.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:06:30 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Fourth estate? Ha! Our media has become the KCOTUS, the Kangaroo Court of the United States.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
A masters degree yet he’s never read the constitution?
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:06:46 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Seems to me that Jason Samenow is trying to incite someone to kill Scott Pruitt with this “declaration of war”.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:06:57 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
You got paid for going to work every day, didn’t you, you little sucking twit?
We owe you something else?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
And he keeps his politics out of his “science”.
He says.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:07:50 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Too bad he didn’t get a degree in something useful............
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:07:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I bet he’ll start a petition! Because he’s series about this fight!
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:08:33 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
"...its removal signifies a declaration of war on climate science..."
No, its removal signifies a declaration of war on climate "science" - there, that's bettr.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:08:42 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
That idiot douchebag better hope to h**l that it isn’t an actual declaration of war.
Our side tends to be a heck of a lot less metaphorical about such things.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:08:45 AM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Oh, he spent a lot of time on this so it’s just awful that it was destroyed. His achievement isn’t remotely comparable, but maybe he has an inkling of how it feels, now.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:08:53 AM PDT
by
mrsmel
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Attention Surplus Disorder
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:09:29 AM PDT
by
mrsmel
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Sorry Jason, you are a few months late. The lunatic left declared war on Trump on November 9, 2016.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
...signifies a declaration of war on climate science... I feel this way, too!! And I'm glad of it!
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:09:42 AM PDT
by
jeffc
(The U.S. media are our enemy)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“To me, a scientist who managed this website for more than five years...”
No one stopping this whiner from running his own web site.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:09:43 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: MeganC
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:09:45 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
He needs to put on his War Jammies, pour a double-strenght cuppa cocoa, and hold his breath on Periscope til he turns blue.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:10:02 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Everything is a declaration of war to these a-holes. The Left is truly becoming unhinged, as if the shooting last week isn't proof enough.
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posted on
06/23/2017 10:10:04 AM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(It is time to make America an uncomfortable place for Marxist usurpers.)
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