WaPo: White House To Disband Federal Climate Change Advisory Panel

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President Donald Trump’s administration decided to disband a federal advisory committee on climate change, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration acting administrator Ben Friedman  on Friday informed the chair of the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment that the NOAA will not renew the panel’s charter, which expires Sunday, according to the Washington Post.

The committee is the federal advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment, according to the Washington Post, and “was established to help translate findings from the National Climate Assessment into concrete guidance.”

Richard Moss, the panel’s chair, warned against disbanding the committee.

“It doesn’t seem to be the best course of action,” he told the Washington Post. “We’re going to be running huge risks here and possibly end up hurting the next generation’s economic prospects.”

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  1. “And yet it moves.” And, as it were, winter is coming.

  2. How many bottles of champagne will Pruitt receive from his pals for this?

  3. "It doesn’t seem to be the best course of action,” he told the Washington Post. “We’re going to be running huge risks here and possibly end up hurting the next generation’s economic prospects.”

    I appreciate whatever good work he’s done on the issue. I also wish people on our side (i.e., the side of facts) would just lay it on the line: “This is another terrible decision by an administration that repeatedly flies in the face of facts. It endangers all Americans as well as their children’s future. It also hurts our chances to compete in the growing green economy which is the future of business.” And so on.

  4. All Democratic organizations and any individual even considering a run for 2018 and 2020 should at this time state unequivocally they will fight to undo every single one of Donald’s actions – every single one. We need to reset the clock, so to speak, to back where President Obama left us … as much as possible, and move forward from there. Even Obamacare – promise to “fix” the issues that most worry folks, etc. Obviously, we need to work right now to block each and every nomination and long-term appointment – should go without saying, but I’m saying because some need it spelled out for them.

    Come on Democratic organizations – are you listening? Others who might considering a run, are you folks listening?

  5. Ongoing floods in India have killed more than 300 people and left 16,000,000 homeless. Yes, you read that correctly: sixteen million people are homeless. Recurring weather events like these are going to get more destructive with time, which will displace multitudes and cause strife and war. It’s not just economics - it’s death.

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