Vernon Brechin
Jan 18, 2017 · 2 min read

Ryan Zinke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Zinke

Ryan Zinke is Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior.

Though Ryan Zinke has a B.S. Degree in geology he has never worked in that field. He also has no academic background in any of the fields of biology, such as ecology. “Zinke “frequently votes against environmentalists on issues ranging from coal extraction to oil and gas drilling” and received a 3 percent rating from the League of Conservation Voters.” He has supported “abandoning” ObamaCare and and holds anti-abortion positions.

He sides with the crowd that rejects all the following evidence.

The Cook et al. (2013) 97% consensus result is robust
https://skepticalscience.com/97-percent-consensus-robust.htm

America’s TV meteorologists: Symptoms of climate change are rampant, undeniable
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2016/11/18/americas-tv-meteorologists-symptoms-of-climate-change-are-rampant-undeniable/#comments

From pole to pole, twin sea ice records have scientists stunned
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/06/from-pole-to-pole-twin-sea-ice-records-have-scientists-stunned/?utm_term=.a6b76e020906

Watch 26 Years of Arctic Ice Disappear in Seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo1Boie7mtI&sns=fb

Melting Permafrost Is Turbocharging Climate Change
http://europe.newsweek.com/permafrost-greenhouse-gases-global-warming-465585?rm=eu

Permafrost: The Tipping Time Bomb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLCgybStZ4g&feature=youtu.be

Effect of methane on climate change could be 25% greater than we thought
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-effect-methane-climate-greater-thought.html

This Animation Lets You Watch Global Warming Heat Up Over 166 Years
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2016/05/09/climate_scientist_s_animation_helps_visualize_global_warming.html?wpsrc=sh_all_mob_tw_top

It’s Official: 2016 Was Second Hottest Year for U.S.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/2016-was-second-hottest-year-for-us-21034?utm_content=bufferae6ef&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Earth Itself Is Now Accelerating The Demise Of The Human Species
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/12/7/1608385/-The-Earth-Itself-Is-Now-Accelerating-The-Demise-Of-The-Human-Species

Climate change escalating so fast it is ‘beyond point of no return’
New study rewrites two decades of research and author says we are ‘beyond point of no return’
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/donald-trump-climate-change-policy-global-warming-expert-thomas-crowther-a7450236.html

Scientists “too frightened” to tell truth on climate impacts
http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/09/26/scientists-too-frightened-to-tell-truth-on-climate-impacts/

Climate change could plunge tens of millions of city dwellers into poverty by 2031
http://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-could-plunge-tens-of-millions-into-poverty-by-2031-2016-10

A Horrifying New Study Found that the Ocean is on its Way to Suffocating by 2030
http://www.theinertia.com/environment/a-horrifying-new-study-found-that-the-ocean-is-on-its-way-to-suffocating-by-2030/

The Threat of Global Warming causing Near-Term Human Extinction
Temperature, carbon dioxide and methane
http://arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/threat.html

CO2 Concentration — Last 800,000 years
http://scripps.ucsd.edu/programs/keelingcurve/wp-content/plugins/sio-bluemoon/graphs/co2_800k.png

Atmospheric CO2 Rocketed to 405.6 ppm Yesterday — A Level not Seen in 15 Million Years
http://robertscribbler.com/2016/02/05/co2-rockets-to-405-6-ppm-a-level-not-seen-in-15-million-years/

Steven Chu Shares Some Sobering Climate Change Math
https://climateone.org/video/steven-chu-shares-some-sobering-climate-change-math

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