{"id":12066,"date":"2017-03-15T18:09:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T01:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12066"},"modified":"2017-03-15T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T01:09:02","slug":"plowing-through-a-blizzard-of-disinformation-bradcast-3152017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=12066","title":{"rendered":"Plowing Through a Blizzard of Disinformation: ‘BradCast’ 3\/15\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today on The BradCast<\/i><\/a>, the record-breaking March Blizzard of 2017<\/a> (sorry, Weather Channel, we won’t call it “Stella”!), may be mostly<\/i> gone from the Northeast, but a blizzard of disinformation remains in its wake. We do our best to shovel out a bit today with our favorite Republican meteorologist. [Audio link to show is posted below.<\/i>]\n

I’m happy to be joined today by Paul Douglas<\/b>, longtime Minnesota broadcast meteorologist<\/a>, StarTribune<\/i> columnist<\/a> and co-author of Caring for Creation: The Evangelicals Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment<\/i><\/a> to respond to, among many other things, those on the right (led by Matt Drudge<\/a>), charging that the blockbuster late-season winter storm that swept through the Midwest and Northeast, leaving record snowfall in its wake, was actually evidence that Donald Trump should “clear out [the] climate hysterics” from the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

While he’s here, Douglas also explains the dangers of Donald Trump’s proposed massive cuts<\/a> to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other science, weather and climate-related federal agencies. NOAA, he says, whose satellites are relied upon as the “eyes” of the National Weather Service, is also “essential for the private sector, and for the military”. Without those eyes, many of which are already beyond their expected lifespan, Douglas argues that the nation will be “more vulnerable” to all matter of threats.<\/p>\n

Douglas also offers his thoughts on last week’s comments<\/a> by Trump’s EPA Chief Scott Pruitt, claiming, in contradiction of well-established science<\/a>, that the scientific evidence is lacking to prove that CO2 is the primary driver of man-made climate change. Douglas gives us a non-denier Republican perspective on the entire matter, noting that we “can’t pollute our way to prosperity” and argues that “the final chapter is not written yet” when it comes to the GOP response to climate change. Somehow or another he remains “optimistic” that his party will come around to reality on that score…eventually. (I remain dubious.)<\/p>\n

Also today: A new poll<\/a> finds the (deadly<\/a>) GOP\/Trump plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is wildly unpopular among voters; Top Congressional Republicans repudiate<\/a> Trump’s wire-tapping claim against former President Obama; We take a few fairly salacious<\/a> calls from listeners; and Desi Doyen joins us for the latest Green News Report<\/i><\/a>…<\/p>\n

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