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I wonder how much about ‘climate change’ will be at the DNC? I’m sure it will be mentioned, but, I’m betting it will mostly be about Trump. Though, the DNC will surely include some speeches about taking reliable, affordable, dependable fossil fuels from the peasants

At the Republican National Convention, Climate Change Isn’t a Problem

The United States is experiencing scorching new levels of heat fueled by climate change this summer, with dozens of people dying in the West, millions sweating under heat advisories and nearly three-quarters of Americans saying the government must prioritize global warming.

But as the Republican Party opens its national convention in Milwaukee with a prime-time focus on energy on Monday night, the party has no plan to address climate change.

While some Republicans no longer deny the overwhelming scientific consensus that the planet is warming because of human activity, party leaders do not see it as a problem that needs to be addressed.

“I don’t know that there is a Republican approach to climate change as an organizing issue,” said Thomas J. Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, a conservative research group focused on energy. “I don’t think President Trump sees reducing greenhouse gases, using the government to do so, as an imperative.”

No, we really don’t, especially since the Democrats version of Doing Something is mostly all about implementing government control over citizens while removing their freedom and life choices.

The party platform, issued last week, makes no mention of climate change. Instead, it encourages more production of oil, gas and coal, the burning of which is dangerously driving up global temperatures. “We will DRILL, BABY, DRILL,” it says, referring to oil as “liquid gold.”

It really should mention implementing next generation nuclear power stations, and spending on research for true clean alternatives.

By contrast, Mr. Biden has taken the most aggressive action of any president to cut emissions from coal, oil and gas and encourage a transition to wind, solar and other carbon-free energy. He has directed every federal agency from the Agriculture Department to the Pentagon to consider how climate change is affecting their core missions.

Weirdly, the Times fails to mention the vast amounts of fossil fuels Biden uses every week with all his limos, helicopter, and airplanes. Nor the huge number of people who will be taking fossil fueled trips to Chicago for the DNC.

Read: NY Times Seems Upset That GOP Convention Isn’t All About Climate Doom »

I do have to ask, is anyone interested in the upcoming Twister movie? Maybe it will be really good, but, the previews do not interest me. It seems focused too much on action, rather than plot and the people, as the original did. Anyhow, CNN is big mad

You won’t hear about climate change in ‘Twisters.’ Here’s why

Like its titular tornados, “Twisters” blasts through a lot in its 122-minute runtime. A summer blockbuster with a surprising amount of brains to match Glen Powell’s brawn, it features subplots that are signs of the times – disaster capitalists; the Faustian bargain between scientists and financiers – and a deluge of imagery portraying lives and livelihoods threatened by nature’s awesome power. But two words you won’t hear from any of its characters are “climate change.”

“I just wanted to make sure that with the movie, we don’t ever feel like (it) is putting forward any message,” director Lee Isaac Chung explained in an interview with CNN. “I just don’t feel like films are meant to be message-oriented.”

To his credit, there is some scientific justification for the omission, too. Generally, scientists are the least certain about the connection between tornadoes and climate change as it’s unclear how warming temperatures are changing storms themselves or the outbreaks.

So, of course CNN tries to Explain that tornadoes are getting oh so much worse and it is your fault. Except, they are not getting worse.

“We’ve never seen tornadoes like this before,” says Javi, Anthony Ramos’ entrepreneurial storm chaser, in one scene. He goes on to convince old friend Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) to join his research team, promising “We can save lives.”

In the film, ever-more destructive tornados carve up increasingly urbanized areas of Oklahoma.

It’s a movie. Things have to be bad, much like the Tommy Lee Jones movie Volcano, which was in Los Angeles, mini-series like 10.8 (about an earthquake), and more.

“I wanted to make sure that we are never creating a feeling that we’re preaching a message, because that’s certainly not what I think cinema should be about,” said Lee. “I think it should be a reflection of the world.”

In other words, he doesn’t want to get all preachy and have stuff that will drive the paying public away. He just wants a fun film that makes a lot of money. Who wants an action film that gets all preachy? I wouldn’t be surprised if it is a blockbuster. If CNN wants one with all sorts of climate doom preaching, they can fund it.

Read: CNN Has Their Knickers In A Twist Over New Twister Movie Not Mentioning Climate Doom »