The Trump Administration hides from Climate Change Report

The US government has come to the conclusion that there is "no convincing alternative explanation" for climate change other than "human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases." This echos the statements of every climate scientist on the planet (97%).  The second volume was released today, as the Trump administration attempts to bury this news in Black Friday shopping, hoping that you won't notice.

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The latest volume paints not only a devastating picture for the planet that your children will have to grow up in, but also the lasting damage to the US economy. Billions of dollars will be lost each year, the Southeast US (that's us in NC) will lose 500,000,000 hours of labor due to intense heat - look at the lost productivity from two massive hurricanes just this year.  Farmers facing extreme temperatures, droughts with flash floods will struggle to produce corn and soybeans.  Heat exhaustion can affect dairy production and red tides will affect fishing economies.

We can expect extreme changes to our health care as well.  Warmer temperatures means more mosquitos and ticks - Zika, West Nile. Kids will allergies and asthma will suffer more exacerbations.  The Department of Defense recognizes the risk to national security posed by Climate Change even if the Republican party continues to bury its collective head in the sand.  

The GOP's ignorance of climate change will hurt America - hurt our environment, hurt our economy, hurt our children and hurt our security. Glossing over a well-researched report seems par for the course.  The Republican party will never actually help America or Americans, it will only help its donors.