"GOP: Predict storms, not climate change"

[applegrove]

GOP: Predict storms, not climate change

By Pete Kasperowicz at the Hill

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/202051-gop-government-should-focus-on-storm-prediction-not

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The House will vote next week on a legislation to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to focus its efforts on storm predictions instead of researching climate change.

Members will consider the Weather Forecasting Improvement Act, H.R. 2413, as early as Tuesday.

Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) introduced his bill last year after tornadoes hit his home state. Those storms led him to argue on the House floor the government spends too much on climate change research and not enough on developing weather forecasting tools to predict tornadoes and other events.

His bill does not explicitly kick the government out of the business of studying climate change. But it does say NOAA must "prioritize weather-related activities, including the provision of improved weather data, forecasts, and warnings for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy, in all relevant line offices."


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[adirondacker]

1. WTF GOP? I'm sure the agency can multitask if it was funded properly. nt

[dhill926]

2. I really don't understand...

how their brains work...

[applegrove]

3. All I can think is that there must soon be drugs that will allow the rich to live forever: so

they need a billion dollars for themselves and their descendants and a huge die off of regular people.

[pscot]

5. You are making a couple of unwaranted assumptions

in that one brief sentence.

[fleabiscuit]

4. I suppose that could be considered an improvement.

They used to say they didn't need NOAA because they had the weather channel.