House of Representatives Tells Pentagon to Ignore Climate Change Science

[Scuba]

http://blog.ucsusa.org/house-of-representatives-tells-pentagon-to-ignore-climate-change-science-545?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=fb

Congressional Quarterly reports (subscription required) that the House on Thursday approved an amendment to the spending bill sponsored by McKinley that “would prohibit defense spending on climate change research and the social cost of carbon analysis.” Speaking on the House floor, McKinley called global warming science “ideology.”

The Defense Department and military analysts have been quite vocal for several years about the threat that climate change poses to national security and world stability, as well as the ability of the department to carry out its mission. Just last month, Defense Secretary Hagel hosted a roundtable meeting with defense ministers from nations in Southeast Asia at which non-traditional security challenges, including climate change, were discussed.

Two days ago, Defense Department officials testified before the Senate on how the military is incorporating energy into strategic planning.

That the department would not be able to use the best available science in its planning is worse than a joke. It’s a threat to our future stability and world leadership. The Senate should ensure that this amendment does not survive in the final legislation.

[Viva_Daddy]

1. REPUBLICANS: If all else fails, DENY, DENY, DENY.

[Rex]

2. CONFIRMED; Republicans are the root of all evil.

Poor? Get a better life.
Just lost your house to banksters? Bootstraps.
Lost an arm and leg in Iraq? Spare me, get a job hippie!
Signed up for Obamacare? Moochers.
Bundy Ranch? Patriotic Americans.
Taxes to pay for stuff? Never!
War? Yes! $$$
Peace? Only hippies like peace!
Anything BUT white and fundamentalist? Go find somewhere else to live!

The GOP IS the root of ALL evil!

[hobbit709]

3. How about we make an offer to a low lying atoll in the Pacific

We will bring all your people here and give them land, etc and we will send all the climate change deniers there in exchange.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Ordering the Dept of Defense to put their fingers in their ears....

...and yell "lalalala" when scientists speak of climate change is beyond partisan politics. That's just crazy. These corporate zealots apparently know no logical bounds when it comes to pandering.

Thanx for posting.

[smallcat88]

5. Why should they care

about climate change? Even if they do really believe it (behind closed doors) they know the worst of the effects will not be felt until long after they're gone. And they're rich, they'll be leaving all that money to their kids and grandkids. I'm sure they're also teaching them the finer points of how to screw anybody and everybody to make a buck. As long as they and their own are taken care of - why should they give a shit about the rest of the world? They are evil incarnate.

[Javaman]

6. in other news...

the house repukes have demanded that the navy revert back to coal as their sole source of fuel for our new fleet of juggernauts.

[Jim__]

7. I can't believe that the Democrats can't use things like this to win the election. - n/t

[AgingAmerican]

10. They could but

...they are scared to try

[Cha]

13. They very well may.. just add it to the pile of reasons why the neanderthals need to go.

[Johonny]

8. How can the military do their job and ignore it?

Part of their job is threat theater analysis and frankly climate change complications are one of the leading parts of the analysis. Anyone that doesn't think the sudden change in the availability of resources in the world won't generate new threats is crazy, stupid or hopelessly naive.

[AgingAmerican]

9. Oil drenched suicide cult

nt

[kardonb]

11. climate change

NEVER confuse repugs with scientific facts , or any facts , for that matter .Those are incomprehensible to them , and only confuse and befuddle what little brains they have left .

[tanyev]

12. This won't make the problem go away.

[spanone]

14. has there ever been a larger collection of dumb fucks in congress before?