Monday, August 21, 2017

And While He's Disbanding Advisory Councils...

The Trump administration has decided to disband the federal advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment, a group aimed at helping policymakers and private-sector officials incorporate the government’s climate analysis into long-term planning.

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On Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s acting administrator, Ben Friedman, informed the committee’s chair that the agency would not renew the panel.

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Last week, the president signed an executive order on infrastructure that included language overturning a federal requirement that projects built in coastal floodplains and receiving federal aid take projected sea-level rise into account.

  WaPo
When you don't believe in climate change science, you don't need anyone to advise you about it.
“We’re going to be running huge risks here and possibly end up hurting the next generation’s economic prospects.”
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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