With a massive “Pineapple Express” storm about to hit drought-stricken California with drenching rains and snow in the higher elevations, there’s even more good news for the Golden State.
New scientific studies from UCLA and NOAA say global warming, climate change or whatever they decide to call it in the future will not affect the amount of rain that hits Southern California in future years nor is it responsible for California’s current drought:
Study: Overall rainfall amounts in the Los Angeles region will remain the same in coming decades http://t.co/cvuriIDw2n
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 11, 2014
As we brace for the "storm of the year" this @UCLAIoES study says climate change won't dry up Southern CA @UCLAgc http://t.co/9EjLF04dg1
— LARC (@The_LARC) December 11, 2014
Sorry, haters: climate change won't dry out SoCal. http://t.co/FgRspbYpxa
— ?? Turkey With Tuck Under Parking ?? (@VamonosLA) December 11, 2014
.@UCLA report on future SoCal rainfall -> will remain as is -> gives @LADWP confidence to build local H2O projects http://t.co/YSV3HRoQL3
— Jonathan Parfrey (@jparfrey) December 11, 2014
New study: California's epic drought probably wasn't caused by climate change http://t.co/K8Ep0PdNPr pic.twitter.com/ymA4qYq4bM
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 11, 2014
Don’t blame climate change for California’s terrible drought http://t.co/FbPE80zHXj pic.twitter.com/B5Qi8PNTHu
— grist (@grist) December 10, 2014
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Phew. We can cancel the apocalypse.
Oh, but there are some who probably need to update their talking points, because the earlier science wasn’t so settled after all:
California’s drought is its worst in >1,200 years—and yes, climate change is playing a role. http://t.co/ZUq2btY5yp pic.twitter.com/SGYeuOBS1A
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) December 9, 2014
California representative bashes Obama's "climate change agenda," ignores link to state's severe drought http://t.co/EuPHqqqjc9
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) July 23, 2014
said without irony… "As the drought worsens, Obama uses hardship in California to push his climate change agenda…" –@GOPWhip Kevin McCarthy
— Brad Johnson (@climatebrad) July 23, 2014
Obama on message even at a commencement address. Urging action on climate change in drought-stricken California.
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) June 14, 2014
And those are just a few examples.
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