Bill Nye says Texas flood death and destruction compounded by ignoring climate crisis

Bill Nye The Science Guy explained Wednesday that fossil fuel companies and U S Congress neglecting the surroundings dilemma is a big reason the flooding in central Texas was so destructive During the latest episode of CNN s Inside Politics Nye argued that one of the main strategies to prevent what host Dana Bash informed was an increasing frequency of once in -year storms is to ban fossil fuels So 'What are we going to do about it ' is the ancient question And it would be to stop burning fossil fuels When you re in a hole stop digging and so on he reported GOP LAWMAKERS MOVE TO ROLL BACK BIDEN-ERA CAPACITY PROGRAMSMore than people including children and counselors at a girls' camp were killed in central Texas in flash flooding that began last week The National Weather Arrangement NWS sent several flash flood warnings early Friday morning followed by several flash flood urgency notices Critics of President Donald Trump alleged that his federal staffing and budget cuts prevented the NWS from being adequately prepared for the accident an accusation that the White House and Trump allies have rejected Other liberals have called out their own side for politicizing the tragedy and reported NWS cuts weren't a factor TEXAS FLOOD SURVIVORS SHARE HARROWING STORIES SEARCH CONTINUES FOR THOSE STILL MISSINGNye blamed the establishment as well saying that it has been convinced by fossil fuel companies to ignore surroundings change which he believes has made these disasters worse But the fossil fuel industry has been very effective in getting organizations like the U S Congress to think that it s really not happening he announced The media personality claimed earlier in the segment that because of atmosphere change these natural disasters are going to keep happening This is exactly what was predicted It s very laborious to tie any one weather event to conditions change However the warm weather events are veritably easier to tie to surroundings change he reported But it will happen again to your point CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURENye continued noting that warning systems to alert people about these disasters exist and can be implemented successfully However the real issue he claimed was getting the U S to take situation change seriously Bash followed up by noting the Trump administration s efforts to eliminate cuts to fossil fuel production in the U S suggesting that has contributed to the dilemma Nye acknowledged her point and announced the federal authorities requirements to reverse lesson So the opportunity still exists but we do need to turn things around he declared