"Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) turned to the Bible on Wednesday during a congressional hearing, using the Great Flood to support his claim that climate change isn't man-made, BuzzFeed Politics reported. During his remarks on H.R. 3, a bill that would grant Congress the authority to circumvent President Barack Obama and approve the Keystone XL pipeline, Barton acknowledged the existence of climate change, but argued that it is steered by natural causes."* When discussing the Keystone XL pipeline, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), known for protecting BP after their disastrous Gulf oil spill, explains why climate change can't be true. His answer? The great flood from the Bible that you may know from the story of Noah's ark. Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), Desi Doyen (Green News Report), and Brad Friedman (Brad Blog) discuss. *Read more from Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/joe-barton-great-flood_n_3055909.html
Monday, April 15, 2013
GOP Rep: Bible's Great Flood Disproves Climate Change
"Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) turned to the Bible on Wednesday during a congressional hearing, using the Great Flood to support his claim that climate change isn't man-made, BuzzFeed Politics reported. During his remarks on H.R. 3, a bill that would grant Congress the authority to circumvent President Barack Obama and approve the Keystone XL pipeline, Barton acknowledged the existence of climate change, but argued that it is steered by natural causes."* When discussing the Keystone XL pipeline, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), known for protecting BP after their disastrous Gulf oil spill, explains why climate change can't be true. His answer? The great flood from the Bible that you may know from the story of Noah's ark. Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show), Desi Doyen (Green News Report), and Brad Friedman (Brad Blog) discuss. *Read more from Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/joe-barton-great-flood_n_3055909.html
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