It Gets Better: Heartland Clown Testifying In Idaho Kept Referring To The State As "Iowa"
Global warming has brought Idaho a longer growing season, less brutal winters and slightly more precipitation, according to the group that for the past 15 years has been the leading skeptic of rapid human-caused climate change.
James Taylor, director of the Arthur B. Robinson Center on Climate and Environmental Policy at The Heartland Institute, told the House Resources Committee on Thursday that climate change has been a net benefit for the state. But what the Illinois-based lobbyist did not talk about was how warmer temperatures in the winter were reducing the snowpack that is the major storage of water for agriculture.
“Almost all the warming has been in the coldest months of the year,” said Taylor, whose group is heavily funded by the fossil fuel industry. When challenged by lawmakers, Taylor — who repeatedly called the state Iowa — acknowledged that he had not talked to any Idaho scientists, industry officials or others on the ground when compiling his 16-page policy brief.
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aylor also claimed there is less chance for drought now than in the historical record, and less chance of flooding in the future. That should mean fewer wildfires except those started by humans or because of human management decisions, he said. But in fact the fire season has grown by 47 days annually over the past 25 years, according to Boise State University geology professor Jen Pierce, burning millions of acres and creating regular summer smoke across the state. Even the increased crop yields could drop if the lower snowpack forecast reduces the water supply, Pierce said. “You can’t grow crops without water,” Pierce said. “We can’t have water without snowpack.”
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