A federal report that may make even the most hardened climate deniers take pause…

A federal report that may make even the most hardened climate deniers take pause…

A severe and telling report dropped on Black Friday amidst post-thanksgiving turkey comas and shopping frenzies. It was evidently the hope of the Trump administration that the report would go largely underreported given the timing of the holidays, but it’s impossible to downplay the stark realities presented in the Fourth National Climate Assessment.

 The 1656 page report from 13 federal agencies lay out direct and indirect impacts for the U.S.’s economy, health, and environment–including record wildfires, the Midwest turning into a dustbowl, crumbling infrastructure, fire season spreading to the Southeast, and increased food, water, and vector-borne diseases, to name a few.

Despite the current administration’s strategic Friday report release, it made all the Monday headlines. Even conservative commentators wanted to dive deeper. The infamous Bill O’Reilly interviewed me for his post-Fox video podcast career on the topic!

You can see the segment and read the rest of my blog post directly here!

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