Today’s forecast: cloudy with a chance of burn.
Weather scientists from the American Meteorological Society wrote Energy Secretary Rick Perry a letter on Wednesday informing him that he lacks a “fundamental understanding” of climate science.
Here’s what the AMS has to say about Rick Perry’s denial that CO2 is the primary driver of climate change. @ametsoc https://t.co/REylNz0kQ5—
Angela Fritz (@angelafritz) June 21, 2017
Let’s rewind: Perry appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Monday, where host Joe Kernan asked him about the role that carbon dioxide plays in climate change. Perry responded that CO2 is not a primary cause of global warming — instead, he pointed to “the ocean waters and this environment that we live in.”
Kernan called it a “pretty good answer.” It’s not, according to 97 percent…
