Trump's failure to fight climate change is a crime against humanity

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Jeffrey Sachs

(CNN)President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, and others who oppose action to address human-induced climate change should be held accountable for climate crimes against humanity. They are the authors and agents of systematic policies that deny basic human rights to their own citizens and people around the world, including the rights to life, health, and property. These politicians have blood on their hands, and the death toll continues to rise.

Trump remains in willful denial of the thousands of deaths caused by his government's inept, under-funded, and under-motivated response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico last year. The image that will remain in history is of the President gleefully throwing paper towels for a photo op as the people of Puerto Rico around him suffered and died of neglect. In September, Hurricane Florence claimed at least 48 lives, with more likely to come in its aftermath. Last month, Hurricane Michael claimed at least 32 lives, with more than a thousand people reportedly still missing. The final death toll will likely soar in the months ahead as the residual consequences of the storm become more clear.

As the Earth warms due to the continued burning of coal, oil, and gas, climate-related disasters that include high-intensity hurricanes, floods, droughts, extreme precipitation, forest fires, and heat waves, pose rising dangers to life and property. Hurricanes become more destructive as warmer ocean waters feed more energy to the storms. Warmer air also carries more moisture for devastating rainfalls, while rising sea levels lead to more flooding.

Yet Trump and his minions are the loyal servants of the fossil-fuel industry, which fill Republican party campaign coffers. Trump has also stalled the fight against climate change by pulling out of the Paris Agreement. The politicians thereby deprive the people of their lives and property out of profound cynicism, greed, and willful scientific ignorance.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/18/opinions/trumps-failure-to-fight-climate-change-sachs/index.html

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. weather, climate, global warming

The moron in the White House reveals his ignorance and his stupidity every time he speaks or tweets. The problem is that he infects his ignorant supporters and provides cover for his greedy but uncaring supporters.

Put more energy into a system and it becomes more energetic. Duh. Weather gets wilder. Watch a pot of water as you heat it. See the swirls get bigger and crazier. That's our planet.

Republicans see profit (power and money) in boiling us all.

[shanny]

2. Very true.

Our response as a planet is anemic but dump's and the pukes' is straight up pathological. They are a death cult.

But we can't afford either approach, anemic or actively malevolent. If we don't get this right, everything else is the proverbial rearranging deck chairs while the boat sinks.

[duforsure]

3. He could care less

About anything, or anyone but himself, and has no idea what humanity is, and resist learning because of his laziness. If he changes its only because he found a way to personally profit from it, like shaking down companies who'd get contracts , then demand campaign contributions schemes to funnel it then to himself with.