President Trump\u2019s appointment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt may be many things, but a believer in man caused global warming is not one of them.<\/p>\n
\u2018Asked his views on the role of carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas produced by burning fossil fuels, in increasing global warming, Mr. Pruitt said on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk Box\u201d that \u201cI think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there\u2019s tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so, no, I would not agree that it\u2019s a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n
The quote is from The New York Times, so the phrase \u201c\u2026heat-trapping gas produced by burning fossil fuels, in increasing global warming\u2026\u201d is a bit disingenuous, if unsurprising.<\/p>\n
Also to the good, the EPA\u2019s head of Environmental Justice just resigned. What, you didn\u2019t know the EPA has a department, funded by tax dollars, that deals in environmental justice issues? Me neither. It was headed by a fellow named Mustafa Ali, who has resigned in response to upcoming EPA budget cuts, cuts on the order of 20% of the 15,000 current staff, and \u00bc of it\u2019s budget of $8 billion. I would say Mustafa saw the writing on the wall, and quit before they fired him.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a link to a remarkably unhelpful page about EJ 2020:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/environmentaljustice\/about-ej-2020#about<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ll save you the pain. By 2020, the Environmental Justice Department of the EPA will:<\/p>\n Bill Shakespeare would call this Sound and Fury, but signifying nothing. And he\u2019d be right. I call the budget \u00a0cuts\u00a0a pretty good start.<\/p>\n Read more at:<\/p>\n\n