{"id":1114818,"date":"2021-12-13T14:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114818"},"modified":"2021-12-13T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:13:44","slug":"media-liberals-quick-to-blame-deadly-tornadoes-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-liberals-quick-to-blame-deadly-tornadoes-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Media, Liberals Quick To Blame Deadly Tornadoes On Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-liberals-quick-to-blame-deadly-tornadoes-on-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1114818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Media outlets and liberals, including elected Democrats, were quick to blame climate change for the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest over the weekend.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cAll that I know is that the intensity of the weather across the board has some impact as a consequence of the warming of the planet and the climate change,\u201d President Joe Biden told reporters on Saturday.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, who Biden appointed, also pointed to climate change when asked about the unusual nature of the storm Sunday.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cThe first thing the alarmists think of is, \u2018how can we use this to advance our agenda?&#8217;\u201d Steve Milloy, a former member of the Trump transition team, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThat\u2019s what they do nowadays. Every bad piece of bad weather is global warming.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Media outlets and liberals, including elected Democrats, were quick to blame climate change for the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden announced that he would ask the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct an investigation into the role climate change played in the storms that caused fatalities in Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee on Friday night. The total death toll from the tornadoes could surpass 100 after emergency responders clear the debris, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/11\/deadly-tornadoes-states-kentucky-tennessee-missouri-arkansas-illinois-dozens-killed\/\">according<\/a> to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear who called the storm the worst in state history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll that I know is that the intensity of the weather across the board has some impact as a consequence of the warming of the planet and the climate change,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/12\/11\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-severe-weather-that-impacted-several-u-s-states\/#:~:text=the%20president%3A%20well%2C%20all%20that%20i%20know\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> reporters on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe specific impact on these specific storms, I can\u2019t say at this point,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m going to be asking the EPA and others to take a look at that. But the fact is that we all know everything is more intense when the climate is warming \u2014 everything. And, obviously, it has some impact here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/11\/joe-biden-emergency-declaration-kentucky-deadly-tornadoes\/\">approved<\/a> an emergency declaration for Kentucky, allowing the federal government to assist in the cleanup and rescue efforts on the ground. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/10\/environmentalists-climate-change-renewable-energy-mining-resources\/\">(RELATED: Environmentalists Are Blocking The US From Controlling Its Renewable Energy Future)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, whom Biden appointed, also blamed climate change when asked about the unseasonable severity of the storm Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do see tornadoes in December, that part is not unusual. But at this magnitude, I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve ever seen one this late in the year,\u201d Criswell told CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper. \u201cBut it\u2019s also historic. Even the severity and the amount of time this tornado, or these tornadoes, spent on the ground is unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is going to be our new normal and the effects that we\u2019re seeing from climate change are the crisis of our generation,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The five deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history occurred in 1925, 1840, 1896 and 1936, killing between 203-695 people each, The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/was-tornado-outbreak-related-to-climate-change-explainer-f360fab5c31602df3573d3f651ba74d0\">reported<\/a>. Environmental activists and liberals have argued over the past several decades that global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions and industrialization is triggering more violent storms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing the alarmists think of is, \u2018how can we use this to advance our agenda?&#8217;\u201d Steve Milloy, a former member of the Trump transition team, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThat\u2019s what they do nowadays. Every bad piece of bad weather is global warming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve got enough people in the media to go along with it that, you know, they get away with it,\u201d he added. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/09\/climate-change-joe-manchin-democratic-spending-package\/\">(RELATED: Key Climate Provision In Biden\u2019s Spending Package In Limbo)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milloy said that fossil fuels are often vital for recovery efforts and save people from harm during major weather events. The amount of deaths caused by natural disasters has declined more than 96% over the last century, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/climate-activists-disasters-fire-storms-deaths-change-cop26-glasgow-global-warming-11635973538\">according<\/a> to The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p>But an Axios article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/tornado-disaster-kentucky-climate-change-warning-a4c2788c-46fd-4851-a55f-e373798814f9.html\">published<\/a> Monday said the tornado over the weekend \u201coffers a grim climate warning,\u201d while a Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2021\/12\/11\/tornadoes-climate-change\/\">article<\/a> cited scientists who argued \u201chigher temperatures could add fuel to these violent disasters.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.5193370165746\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dawson Springs, Ky is 70 miles away from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Mayfield?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Mayfield<\/a> and was also devastated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tornado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tornado<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kBwBxcxURi\">pic.twitter.com\/kBwBxcxURi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WxChasing- Brandon Clement (@bclemms) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bclemms\/status\/1469815153780793347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhen you start putting a lot of these events together, and you start looking at them in the aggregate sense, the statistics are pretty clear that not only has there sort of been a change \u2014 a shift, if you will \u2014 of where the greatest tornado frequency is happening,\u201d tornado expert Victor Gensini told CNN. \u201cBut these events are becoming perhaps stronger, more frequent and also more variable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Central Michigan University meteorology professor John Allen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/voices\/2021\/12\/13\/tornadoes-kentucky-climate-change-study\/6478150001\/\">argued<\/a> in a USA Today editorial that it was too early to speculate on whether climate change played a part in the deadly storms. He noted that \u201ctornado outbreaks have occurred on nearly every day of the year\u201d historically.<\/p>\n<p>Still, liberals and environmental groups echoed the comments made by Biden, Criswell and Gensini. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/08\/joe-biden-federal-government-carbon-neutral-electric-vehicle\/\">(RELATED: Biden Unveils Plans To Make Federal Government Carbon Neutral In 30 Years)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis climate disaster is about our electeds failing us, choosing to water down and delay climate bills instead of investing in infrastructure that will keep people safe,\u201d Varshini Prakash, the executive director of the environmental group the Sunrise Movement, <a href=\"https:\/\/us7.campaign-archive.com\/?u=03c6bd2c940b3a70bc44f0b69&amp;id=b44e7ceb48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Climate activist Alexandria Villase\u00f1or tweeted that the \u201cextreme and deadly future we keep warning you about is already here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s only going to get worse from here,\u201d actor and climate activist Mark Ruffalo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkRuffalo\/status\/1469738393504526342\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cNow is time to fight for our suffering and despairing youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media outlets and liberals, including elected Democrats, were quick to blame climate change for the deadly tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest over the weekend. \u201cAll that I know is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}