do i think the climate is changing? yeah, i think so. but my argument has always been, and so people have taken words out of context, but i ve always been pretty consistent. i m not a scientist. but i do know that the world evolves. and mother earth has evolved. you know, we had an ice age, and that wasn t man-made. so my point is, should we be stewards of our environment? absolutely. but we have to do it in a way that makes common sense and doesn t destroy all our industries, only to send them overseas. that new york report even referenced my interview with grimm. here s what he said. the vast majority of respected scientists say, you know, that it s conclusive, the evidence is clear. so i don t think the jury is out. that s me talking to michael grimm. so grimm is now trying to pivot away from that, saying that the climate is changing, but that some people took hiscontext. i wonder if the conversation went on after that clip. the vast majority of
the evidence is clear. so i don t think the jury is out. the basic story of, we re putting carbon in the atmosphere, the planet s getting warmer, that s going to make the sea levels rise. the basic story of that, you pretty much agree, right? sure. there s no question that the oceans have risen, right? and the climate change part is a real part of it. the problem that we re going to have right now, there s no oxygen left in the room in washington right now for another big debate. that s the reality. you heard that, right? well, he did go on there, didn t he? but now, clearly congressman grimm has gotten the memo from the central office, using this latest term of art, i m not a scientist. listen, i m not qualified to debate the science over climate change. what is your take on global warming? climate change? i m not a scientist. republican party has moved from complete denial to, don t ask me, don t ask me, i m not a scientist, i m just a dude in a suit by a microphone, fo
but my argument has always been, and so people have taken words out of context, but i ve always been pretty consistent. i m not a scientist. but i do know that the world evolves. and mother earth has evolved. you know, we had an ice age, and that wasn t man-made. so my point is, should we be stewards of our environment? absolutely. but we have to do it in a way that makes common sense and doesn t destroy all our industries, only to send them overseas. that new york report even referenced my interview with grimm. here s what he said. the vast majority of respected scientists say, you know, that it s conclusive, the evidence is clear. so i don t think the jury is out. that s me talking to michael grimm. so grimm is now trying to pivot away from that, saying that the climate is changing, but that some people took his words out of context. i wonder if the conversation went on after that clip. the vast majority of respected scientists say that it s conclusive.
conversation about how you deal with the facts of a warming planet in all kinds of different ways, there could be libertarian arguments, statist arguments, there s all sorts of ways. in fact, i think the republican party is missing out on occasions to shape legislation in the face of climate change, that could favor their interests going forward. because right now, there s so many that are busy trying to stand in denial. right. of an emerging scientific truth. the problem, of course, is that so many republicans today are, in fact, in denial of an emergent scientific truth. and yet when i interviewed congressman michael grimm, i thought i had clearly found a republican not afraid to recognize the emergent scientific truth. not so fast. congressman grimm is now predictably and sadly, back sliding. do i think the climate is changing? yeah, i think so. but my argument has always been, and so many people have taken
your political interests. exactly. once you accept it, i say this all the time, you can have a totally left/right values-based conversation about how you deal with the facts of a warming planet in all kinds of different ways, there could be libertarian arguments, statist arguments, there s all sorts of ways. in fact, i think the republican party is missing out on occasions to shape legislation in the face of climate change, that could favor their interests going forward. because right now, there s so many that are busy trying to stand in denial. right. of an emerging scientific truth. the problem, of course, is that so many republicans today are, in fact, in denial of an emergent scientific truth. and yet when i interviewed congressman michael grimm, i thought i had clearly found a republican not afraid to recognize the emergent scientific truth. not so fast. congressman grimm is now predictically and sadly backsliding. do i think the climate is changing? yeah, i think so.