| Can a state devastated by its most severe hot-weather drought on record actually release a water-planning report on the future of drought in Texas that never mentions global warming? Sadly, the answer is yes in the case of "The Impact of the 2011 Drought and Beyond," by Susan Combs, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. The state's climate science denial, led by Denier-In-Chief Rick Perry, is much more than purely rhetorical in nature. It is leaving the residents of Texas wholly unprepared for what is to come, including the devastation of much of the state's agriculture, as this report unintentionally makes clear. Texas A&M University, professor of atmospheric sciences, Dr. Andrew Dessler, writes me: "This report is consistent with the Texas State Government's position of "See no climate change, hear no climate change, speak no climate change.' |
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