Jeb and flow

Jeb Bush still skeptical about climate change 5

Jeb BushJeb Bush, the former governor of a hurricane-plagued, sea-level-rise-threatened state sports a NOAA cap. That’s the same NOAA whose scientists have documented the threat of global warming.NOAA.govAs bad as George W. Bush’s environmental record was, W. at least got around to acknowledging that climate change is real and human-caused before leaving office. Yet his little brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, remains a global warming skeptic.

That’s what he told Esquire recently in a piece that centers on Bush’s presidential prospects. Now that three of the top contenders for the Republican nomination – Sarah Palin, Mark Sanford, and John Ensign – are self-destructing, Jeb Bush is looking like he might be the party’s last best hope in 2012.

Here’s the bit of interest to Grist readers, in which he repeats some familiar skeptic talking points:

Do you believe global warming is primarily man-made?

I’m a skeptic. I’m not a scientist. I think the science has been politicized. I would be very wary of hollowing out our industrial base even further… It may be only partially man-made. It may not be warming by the way. The last six years we’ve actually had mean temperatures that are cooler. I think we need to be very cautious before we dramatically alter who we are as a nation because of it.

Kate Sheppard is Grist’s political reporter.

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  1. Dave from Canada Posted 9:02 am
    09 Jul 2009

    Dumbo?Big Oil shill?Both?

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  2. davescott Posted 9:57 am
    09 Jul 2009

    The most respected scientific body in the world, the National Academy of Sciences, reviewed the climate science reports of the IPCC and called them "fundamentally sound."How dare Jeb Bush call the NAS "politicized"?  How dare he?  What conceivable basis does he have for making that claim?The only think politicized about global warmng is the right wing whackos who insist that their "opinion" should be given the same deference as the IPCC and the NAS.And Bush proves that he joins Senator Inhofe and Alaska's departing governor in the ranks of unfit to govern.

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  3. davescott Posted 10:00 am
    09 Jul 2009

    He should read the interview with NOAA chief Jane Lubchencko.  But of course if it doesnt gibe with what Rush says, it must be, uh, politicized.http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2169 

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  4. tmullins Posted 1:23 pm
    09 Jul 2009

    He should come to Appalachia and see for himself what his brother did to Wise County, Virginia. http://www.wisecountyissues.com/?p=138People's homes are becoming a mountaintop removal mining site !!!

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  5. sanderson508 Posted 11:50 pm
    09 Jul 2009

    How can a woman as smart as Barbara Bush have produced two children as dumb as Dubya and Jeb.   I love the potential republican candidates, Jeb and Sarah.   Either would be a sure bet to put the Dems back in the White House.

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