By Scott Waldman
The late President George H.W. Bush (click here) is the reason why President Trump has been asked about climate change in the last week more than at any other time in his presidency.
Through legislation he signed in 1990, Bush started the National Climate Assessment, a sweeping study documenting climate change’s impacts on the United States. The Trump administration released the latest iteration on Black Friday and has since downplayed its definitive body of research, making false claims about its accuracy and inadvertently drawing more attention to the clear science that shows Americans will be increasingly at risk as a result of climate change.
Bush’s presidency came during a different time, when bipartisan actions to reduce greenhouse gases and other pollutants seemed possible, observers said. The very existence of the NCA is a reminder that Republicans in Washington once crafted aggressive climate policy....
The Republicans have turned their backs on all kinds of policy to become radical extremists, such as health care and as stated by H.W. the climate crisis as well.
Donors and cronies were not put first in the H.W. administration. He put the people at the top of the list of priorities when it came to the oil and gas lobby.
