Hurricane Sandy Has Something to Say About Climate Change

The silence on climate change during the presidential debates was deafening. With Hurricane Sandy disrupting the final week of the campaign, Mother Nature is having the last word.

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October 30, 2012, 6:00 AM PDT

By Jonathan Nettler @nettsj


is already impacting our lives.

"I'm not saying that human behavior and fossil fuel burn caused this
storm, but it's the height of denial to say that our climate isn't
reflecting the new, post-industrial 'normal' long-predicted: heavier
rain events, extreme weather outbreaks and growing danger to low-lying, coastal areas that will take lives and
greatly add to public budgets and emergency spending."

"I don't give President Obama an 'A' on these matters," says Rowen, "but I think we
can say that if Mitt Romney's anti- EPA/free market worship philosophy
gets free rein in The White House, and if the Koch brothers are over for
dinner, you can expect lower grades."

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