Christine Todd Whitman: ‘Definite correlation’ between global warming and hurricanes.
Christine Todd Whitman: ‘Definite correlation’ between global warming and hurricanes.
Earlier this week, Hurricane Gustav slammed into the Gulf Coast, barely sparing the New Orleans area. As the Wonk Room has documented, the intensity and frequency of these storms is linked to the warming planet. In an interview with ThinkProgress in St. Paul, MN on Tuesday, former Bush EPA administrator and New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman said that global boiling is undeniable:
There’s no question that the climate is changing and scientists will tell you that one of the outcomes of that is more frequent and more severe storms, droughts, and floods. They just can’t tell you when or where these things will actually occur. … Scientists will tell you that there is a definite correlation between these temperature changes that we’re seeing and the frequency and intensity and severity of storms.
Watch it:
Whitman added that she is “not as comfortable as [she] would like to be” with some of the decisions made by EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson.
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Next: Christine is the GOP guest of honor ala Joan of Arc for heresy.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:55 pmJoan of Arc was BBQ’d(burned at the stake), but knowing the KKKarl Rove and the Rethugs, they’ll do a cross-burning festival.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:57 pmWell I guess we know why she couldn’t get the vp nod.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:58 pmAs I write this, hurricanes are stacked up out in the Atlantic like planes over JFK, and Hanna is scheduled to hit where I live on Saturday. And if Hanna misses us, there are two more coming after.
Thank you, Christine Todd Whitman, for not searching through the data, finding one year where hurricane activity was less than it was the year before, and using that as “evidence” that global warming is a hoax cooked up by America-hating liberals.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:04 pmIf the Republicans want to play their little political games with stuff like taxes and freedom and oil, that’s fine. But we’re talking about the future of the planet, and if that’s something that the Republicans want to politicize… well, there’s going to be a special seat in hell for them.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:08 pmOh wouldn’t it be nice if just once a Republican could say something like this while still in office.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:10 pmSo now Christine Whitman is trying to redeem herself. It won’t work Ms. Whitman. You are still responsible for the illness and deaths of thousands of New Yorkers because they trusted you when you said the air in NY after 911 was safe to breathe, knowing all the while you were telling a lie.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:11 pmIt used to be more fun when we had all those crazy climate deniers hanging around here…
September 4th, 2008 at 5:11 pmSo that’s what a maverick looks like!
September 4th, 2008 at 5:13 pmdbadass Says:
It used to be more fun when we had all those crazy climate deniers hanging around here…
September 4th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
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Yeah… They were so much fun to pwn. I can toss out a few of their usual lies, if you’re feeling nostalgic:
Feeling any better? :)
September 4th, 2008 at 5:16 pmpaleolib Says:
Oh wouldn’t it be nice if just once a Republican could say something like this while still in office.
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I thought she did and that’s why she’s not. No? Maybe it had to do with regulating some carcinogen, but I thought she did say something that was not totally with the anti-science bush league.
September 4th, 2008 at 5:19 pmI am sure she’ll say the exact opposite of this in the near future. 10, 9, 8, 7, …..
September 4th, 2008 at 5:39 pmWho cares what Christine Todd Whitman thinks?
September 4th, 2008 at 11:28 pm.
So in short…
Keep smoking that pack a day because it’s naive to think that smoking a pack a day exacerbates humans ability to adapt because humans are always changing, since birth.
… NO?
Same theory, same principle, same motto.
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September 5th, 2008 at 2:03 am.
Is Christine “ground zero air is safe to breath” Todd Whitman actually suggesting that although she says there is no correlation to human activity and climate change that we should begin to address the issues because doing so will change nature?
Or is Christine “ground zero air is safe to breath” Todd Whitman suggesting that mankind activity can influence natures response to that activity…?
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September 5th, 2008 at 2:09 amChristine Todd Whitman: ‘Definite correlation’ between global warming and hurricanes.»
Brilliant statement.
I will further the intelligent conversation and state that there is a definite correlation between an increase in glaciers and global cooling.
September 5th, 2008 at 6:34 pmIf you’re referring to sohbetKarl Schwarz’ articles, if they are true, how will we ever know unless the news media gets involved without bias?
February 28th, 2009 at 12:16 amBedava mp3 indirthere’s going to be a special seat in hell for them