<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Destructive California wildfires magnified by population and shifting climate</font></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-wildfires-magnified-population-shifting-climate-change/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-wildfires-magnified-population-shifting-climate-change/</a></div><div dir="ltr">------------------------------------------------</div><div>Russ Fulcher, just elected to the US House from Idaho, knows more about Earth's climate than the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Science Society, on global warming? Read his comments from a Spokesman Review article lower down, below quote from NAS publication.</div><div><br></div><div>"Don't be misled--" Fulcher stated. OK. I won't! The National Academy of Sciences is credible on climate change science. You are not!</div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div><font size="4">Climate Change</font></div><div><font size="4">Evidence and Causes</font></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-assets/exec-office-other/climate-change-full.pdf">http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-assets/exec-office-other/climate-change-full.pdf</a></div><div><font color="#727373" face="ScalaSans-Bold"><font color="#727373" face="ScalaSans-Bold"></font></font><p align="LEFT"><font color="#727373" face="ScalaSans-Bold"><font color="#727373" face="ScalaSans-Bold"><b>"CLIMATE CHANGE IS ONE OF THE DEFINING ISSUES OF OUR TIME. </b></font></font><font face="ScalaSans-Regular" size="4">It is now <font size="2">more</font></font></p><font face="ScalaSans-Regular">certain than ever, based on many lines of evidence, that humans are changing Earth’s
<p align="LEFT"><font size="4"><font size="2">climate.</font> </font>The atmosphere and oceans have warmed, accompanied by sea-level rise, a</p>
<p align="LEFT">strong decline in Arctic sea ice, and other climate-related changes.</p>
<p>The evidence is clear."</p></font></div><div dir="ltr">--------------------------------------------------<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/oct/29/medicaid-immigration-climate-top-idaho-1st-distric/">http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/oct/29/medicaid-immigration-climate-top-idaho-1st-distric/</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-f3 gmail-f2-l gmail-sans-serif gmail-mt0 gmail-mb2 gmail-fw8 gmail-lh-solid">Russ Fulcher, Cristina McNeil talk Medicaid, immigration and climate in congressional debate</h1><p class="gmail-mt0 gmail-mb3 gmail-f6 gmail-tu gmail-gray gmail-sans-serif">UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 30, 2018, 7:05 a.m.</p><p class="gmail-mt0 gmail-mb3 gmail-f6 gmail-tu gmail-gray gmail-sans-serif"><span class="gmail-p-name">By Rebecca Boone</span><span class="gmail-p-org"> Associated Press<br></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><p>Excerpt from Spokesman Review article referenced above:</p><p><font size="4">Asked about climate change, Fulcher said he believes “in the cycle that’s happened since the beginning of time,” and said wildfires in Idaho and other states are a significant contributor of carbon emissions. </font></p><p><font size="4">“Don’t be misled – if you take a look at this over the past thousand years, you’ll see a cycle up, a cycle down,” he said. </font></p><p>He said Idaho families have been disenfranchised by regulations that limited logging and mining, and that has led to forest overgrowth and catastrophic wildfires. </p><p>“God gave us a resource,” he said. “We have a wealth of prosperity and it’s under our feet, yet we have a very low income and that’s because we transitioned to a service-based economy.” </p><p>McNeil said voters need to know that President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to reverse dozens of environmental rules and regulations that she said protect the food people eat and the air they breathe. </p><p>“Leave Jesus alone – he has nothing to do with this,” she chastised Fulcher. She said while in the state Legislature, Fulcher and his colleagues worked to give control over resources like property owners’ mineral rights to special interests. </p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>