Climate La-La Land

Unless you experience it yourself, it is hard to imagine just how disconnected from reality the climate cultists have become. Here are two items that have crossed my desk the last 48 hours.

The first…

Climate sexism?! Raindrops determine the gender of a person before they splash on a man or woman? 

Keep in mind our tax dollars are paying for a bunch of people to travel to Washington (ironically increasing their carbon footprints!) to complain about climate 'injustice.'

The second…

Dear Colleagues:

As part of EPA’s larger effort to help Americans understand the impacts of climate change and its effects on our most vulnerable communities, we are launching a new “climate justice” blog series.  The series, which will run through the summer, will include a diverse set of voices from citizens and community leaders discussing innovative solutions to address climate change.

Topics in the series will span from the President’s Climate Action Plan to events by the Hip Hop Caucus that inspire young people to take action to how Native Americans are dealing with climate change, among many others.  Look for the climate justice series on EPA’s Environmental Justice in Action blog at http://blog.epa.gov/ej/.

Here’s a short video message to launch the series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB3S2fEHeBs&feature=youtu.be

Additionally, as a part of the series, there is an interactive climate justice map (http://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/events/climate-justice.html) that lets advocates share stories about what their communities are doing to confront climate change.  If you know of communities, state or local governments, or other organizations working on climate issues, please encourage them to add their story to the map.

Gina

Again: our tax dollars are paying for this nonsense!

Is it especially difficult for the poor to deal with extreme weather? Absolutely (see: Hurricane Katrina). Inappropriate responses to extreme weather are functions of poverty and, in some cases, culture. The latter was discussed at the Natural Hazards Workshop I just attended in Colorado. For example, new foreign residents of tornado alley may not understand how to deal with an impending tornado. 

Let me be clear: There are real problems involving poverty in America and, especially, the world. Let's work on those.

But, the idea that snowflakes are sexist is simply absurd. And, our tax dollars paying for well-to-do academics to wail about "environmental sexism" is ivorytowerism at its worst.