In a speech near the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, President Joe Biden made headlines when he addressed the issue of climate change and described climate change deniers as “Neanderthals.”
Biden said, “I’ve been [in] helicopters in the West, in the Southwest and Northwest, flown over more land burned to the ground, all the vegetation gone, than the entire state of Maryland,” partly in reference to the wildfires in Texas. With obvious sarcasm, he continued, “The idea there’s no such thing as climate change, I love that, man… I love some of my Neanderthal friends who still think there’s no climate change.”
Biden intended to discredit those who deny or downplay the reality of climate change and highlight the overwhelming scientific evidence that substantiates its existence and attributes it primarily to human activity. The empirical data shows a significant rise in global temperatures, exacerbated by carbon...
Biden said, “I’ve been [in] helicopters in the West, in the Southwest and Northwest, flown over more land burned to the ground, all the vegetation gone, than the entire state of Maryland,” partly in reference to the wildfires in Texas. With obvious sarcasm, he continued, “The idea there’s no such thing as climate change, I love that, man… I love some of my Neanderthal friends who still think there’s no climate change.”
Biden intended to discredit those who deny or downplay the reality of climate change and highlight the overwhelming scientific evidence that substantiates its existence and attributes it primarily to human activity. The empirical data shows a significant rise in global temperatures, exacerbated by carbon...
- 3/2/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Right now, Hurricane Florence is spinning toward the mid-Atlantic coast like a giant thermo-aquatic buzz saw. Hurricanes are fickle and can shapeshift at the last minute, but Florence is on track to be one of the biggest hurricanes in U.S. history, with winds that are expected to accelerate to 155 mph and a storm surge up to 15 or 20 feet. Already 1.5 million people have been evacuated from the Carolina coast, and surely more evacuation orders are to come. This is a monster storm, and it will likely have a devastating impact...
- 9/11/2018
- by Jeff Goodell
- Rollingstone.com
“Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak sparked a social media backlash Tuesday after calling people concerned about climate change “unpatriotic racists.” “I now believe global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends. Good night,” Sajak tweeted late Monday. See video: Watch the Worst Wheel of Fortune Contestant Ever Lose a Million Dollars (Video) The tweet earned some replies from supporters, but dozens scoffed at Sajak's sentiment. Climate scientist Michael E. Mann wrote that the consequences of being wrong about climate change are greater than losing a game of “Wheel of Fortune.” “Hey @PatSajak, this aint the Wheel of Fortune,...
- 5/20/2014
- by L.A. Ross
- The Wrap
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