Climate Denial Crock of the Week

2 Responses to “TV Report on Great Salt Lake Crisis – No Mention of Climate Change”

1. rhymeswithgoalie Says:

   
   August 21, 2022 at 12:43 am

   Climate change has of course aggravated and accelerated the problem, but a Megadrought was, AIUI, always forecast for the US Southwest based on pre-existing cycles.

   Next you add the horribly dysfunctional approach to water use throughout the region (rewarding the growing of alfalfa animal feed in the desert). For decades these desert cities have been growing in population with newcomers that want lawns (irrigated with drinking water) and swimming pools, and the businesses happy to supply them.

   We’re seeing catastrophic climate change take out the weakest parts of the system first, but as the mitigation and adaptation and FEMA costs build up decade on decade, even well-managed places will start to struggle (especially after the refugees start to pile up).

   Reply
2. jimbills Says:

   
   August 21, 2022 at 10:32 am

   For the record, the Deseret News is owned and operated by the LDS Church. But, I’ve never gotten even a hint of climate denial from that publication.

   Utah is super conservative, and it has horror show politicians like Sen. Mike Lee, but the LDS Church itself has never really been in the climate denial game, and politicians like Mitt Romney are a better reflection of their outwardly stated environmental preferences (i.e. climate change is real and man-made, use conservative economic policies to address it).

   Reply

Leave a Reply to rhymeswithgoalie Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s

Notify me of new comments via email.

Notify me of new posts via email.

Δ