Your USDA Sec: "Climates Have Been Around With Us For Many Many Years" - Then Some Lies

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“First of all, I don’t agree with your premise that the administration is dismissive of climate change,” said Perdue, who was raised in a farming family in Georgia, and later became the state’s governor. “We at USDA have been working on different types of climate adaptability for a long time and continue to do that. So, we’ll continue to do that as we go forward. Climates have been around with us for many, many years. As a personal example, growing up on a farm, we had a major drought in 1954, a major flood in 1993, and a hurricane in 2018. So, I’ve seen climate change and will continue to see climate change.”

Perdue touted the work of Benson Hill to “help the genetic capacity of crops adapt to that kind of climate change, earlier,” and mentioned separate efforts from USDA to work with companies on promoting soil health, in order to have soil act as a sink for storing carbon, instead of a source of emissions.

For years, the Trump administration has censored, dismissed, or denied climate science, while rolling back fuel economy standards, chopping a key methane rule for oil and gas companies, and pledging to leave international climate plans.

But, in February, Perdue told reporters that he was open to putting a price on carbon emissions, particularly as a financial tool for farmers to innovate and adjust their practices — a suggestion that broke ranks with others throughout the executive branch. That same month, the newly released “USDA Science Blueprint” identified climate adaptation as one of five key focuses for the department’s scientists from 2020 to 2025.

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https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/on-st-louis-visit-us-secretary-of-agriculture-talks-climate-change-dicamba-and-more/article_21ee47af-c181-5a7c-a509-72c7e8c9ed5c.html

[CurtEastPoint]

1. SO PROUD of my state: Such intellects as Sonny, Newt, Collins, Loeffler, Perdue... GDMFSOBs