RECENTLY SCOTT PRUITT WAS
SPEAKING TO LOCAL REPORTERS IN
LAS VEGAS ABOUT THE ISSUE OF
CLIMATE CHANGE.
AS WE KNOW,
PRUITT IS THE HEAD OF THE EPA
AND UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T
BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE POSES A
RISK TO HUMANITY.
SO WHEN HE WAS
ASKED ABOUT THOSE CONTROVERSIAL
VIEWS HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY.
KEEP IN MIND, BY THE WAY,
THAT PRUITT USED TO DENY THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE EXISTED, HE USED
TO DENY THAT CLIMATE CHANGE WAS
CAUSED BY HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
BUT
HE'S CHANGING HIS TUNE, HE'S
PIVOTING TO A DIFFERENT TALKING
POINT THAT I WANT YOU TO PAY
CLOSE ATTENTION TO.
HE SAID --
OKAY --
OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH
PERIOD OF TIME HE'S REFERRING
TO, WHEN TEMPERATURES INCREASED
TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE ICE
CAPS MELTING, SEA LEVELS RISING,
EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS
HAPPENING, EXTREME DROUGHT
IMPACTING CERTAIN PARTS OR
REGIONS OF THE WORLD INCLUDING
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY THE WAY,
WHICH LEADS TO EXTREME WILDFIRE
SEASONS.
HE DOESN'T KNOW EITHER.
HE DOESN'T THIS IS HIS PRO-OIL
INDUSTRY TALKING POINT B.S. THAT
IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
FACT THAT THE EPA STILL, UNDER
HIS LEADERSHIP, DOES BELIEVE
THAT CLIMATE CHANGE POSES A
RISK.
THE PENTAGON BELIEVES THAT
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BE A
NATIONAL SECURITY NIGHTMARE
BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT
AGRICULTURE IS MORE DIFFICULT TO
GROW.
THERE IS FOOD INSECURITY THAT
HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BY
CLIMATE CHANGE.
THIS GUY IS AN ABSOLUTE CLOWN
AND AGAIN, PREVIOUSLY, HE
DENIED THAT THE CLIMATE WAS
WARMING.
PREVIOUSLY HE WAS LIKE, I DO NOT
KNOW, THIS IS NOT HAPPENING
AT ALL AND NOW ALL THE SUDDEN HE
IS LIKE, MAYBE IT IS HAPPENING
BUT IT ISN'T A KIND OF A GOOD
THING WHEN IT IS HOT OUTSIDE?
>THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT, I HAD
NOT THOUGHT OF THAT BUT IT IS
KIND
OF A VALLEY GIRL THING TO SAY
FROM AN UNVALLEY GIRL GUY.
THERE ARE WARS THAT ARE GOING TO
BE FOUGHT OVER THIS.
THE VANISHING NATURAL
RESOURCES, THE AGRICULTURE
BELTS ARE CHANGING WHERE THEY
ARE ON THE GLOBE.
WATER IS GOING TO BE A HUGE
ISSUE.
THIS IS A VANISHING RESOURCE,
WE ARE SEEING IT PLAY OUT IN
SOUTH
AFRICA NOW AND WARS ALREADY,
BACKDOOR WARS ARE ALREADY
BEING FOUGHT OVER THIS.
THAT IS, THERE IS ARMED CONFLICT
OVER WATER AND NATURAL RESOURCES
SO HE CAN STICK HIS HEAD IN THE
EVER DRYING SAND ALL HE
WANTS TO BUT THIS IS AN ISSUE
THAT IS HITTING THEM RIGHT
IN THE FACE.
MEANTIME, UNDER THIS GUY'S
ADMINISTRATION, THE EPA,
THEY ARE DISMANTLING HIS AGENCY
OF COURSE.
HE IS SEEING TO THE FACT THAT
THE REGULATIONS, MINIMAL THOUGH
THEY WERE, ARE BEING LIFTED ON
EVERYTHING FROM OIL
DRILLING TO MINERAL EXPLOITATION
IN OUR NATIONAL PARKS SO THIS
GUY IS ABYSMAL AND EVIL AND HAS
A CABINET THAT IS THE SAME.
HE IS GETTING HELP FROM THE
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT AND
FROM ALL OF TRUMP'S CABINET.
BUT HIS DENIAL OF THIS IS
INSANE.
IT IS.
THE REALITY IS, HE HAS CERTAIN
CORPORATE INTERESTS IN MIND.
DURING THIS VERY INTERVIEW HE
ALSO TALKED ABOUT FOSSIL FUELS
AND ESSENTIALLY DEFENDED
THEM, SO WE KNOW WHO HE IS
SUPPORTIVE OF, WHICH
CORPORATIONS HE IS
SUPPORTIVE OF, EVEN IF IT MEANS
SACRIFICING THE WELL-BEING
OF HUMANS IN GENERAL IN ORDER
TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
CORPORATIONS AND OIL COMPANIES
TURN A PROFIT.
ONE LAST THING REAL QUICK,
EVEN APART FROM THE CLIMATE
CHANGE,
THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION AND THE
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POLLUTANTS
THAT HE IS ALLOWING TO NOW ENTER
THE WATER SUPPLY AND INTO
LANDFILLS AND ALL OF THE OTHER
WAYS THAT THOSE POLLUTANTS GET
INTO AIR, ETC., NOW IT IS OFF
THE CHART.
IF YOU LOOK AT HOW HE HAS UNDONE
THOSE REGULATIONS, LEAVE
ASIDE CLIMATE CHANGE.
POLLUTANTS THEMSELVES ARE AS I
SAY JUST OFF THE SCALE IN
THE ENVIRONMENT UNDER HIS
ORGANIZATION.
