{"id":136477,"date":"2018-05-17T17:53:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T23:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=136477"},"modified":"2018-05-21T08:52:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T14:52:51","slug":"gop-congressman-has-figured-out-why-ocean-level-are-rising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/17\/gop-congressman-has-figured-out-why-ocean-level-are-rising.html","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congressman Has Figured Out Why Ocean Level Are Rising!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nothing to do with silliness like climate change, of course. The answer is simple! It’s because of erosion.<\/i><\/p>\n

A Republican lawmaker on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said Thursday that rocks from the White Cliffs of Dover and the California coastline, as well as silt from rivers tumbling into the ocean, are contributing to high sea levels globally.<\/p>\n

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) made the comment during a hearing on technology and the changing climate, which largely turned into a Q&A on the basics of climate research. […] “Every time you have that soil or rock or whatever it is that is deposited into the seas, that forces the sea levels to rise, because now you have less space in those oceans, because the bottom is moving up,” Brooks said at the hearing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, yes, this shining star of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee (egads) was just one of the Republicans floating their own counter-theories to climate change and the effects being seen due to it.<\/p>\n

Nero fiddled …<\/p>\n

[h\/t +<\/span>James Hill<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n


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\nA Republican lawmaker on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said Thursday that rocks from the White Cliffs of Dover and the California coastline, as well as silt from rivers tumbling into the ocean, are contribu<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Nothing to do with silliness like climate change, of course. The answer is simple! It’s because of erosion. A Republican lawmaker on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said Thursday that rocks from the White Cliffs of Dover and the California coastline, as well as silt from rivers tumbling into the ocean, are contributing … Continue reading “GOP Congressman Has Figured Out Why Ocean Level Are Rising!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,748,381,100],"tags":[1319,125],"class_list":["post-136477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-weather-and-climate-change","category-conspiracy-nuts","category-dolts","tag-climate-change","tag-gop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/mo-brooks-gop.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":130738,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/05\/23\/climate-change-action-for-me-but-not-for-thee.html","url_meta":{"origin":136477,"position":0},"title":"Climate Change Action for Me but not for Thee","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 23-May-16 9:39pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump has railed against climate change, global warming, rising sea levels, and all that other stuff, and has continued to do so to rousing applause at his rallies and twitter stream. 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