{"id":2726,"date":"2018-06-13T20:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/13\/dnc-on-trumps-climate-change-inaction\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T20:45:00","slug":"dnc-on-trumps-climate-change-inaction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-trumps-climate-change-inaction\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Trump\u2019s Climate Change Inaction"},"content":{"rendered":"

In response to experts warning of serious consequences after the Antarctic ice melt rate tripled in a decade, DNC spokesperson Daniel Wessel released the following statement:<\/span><\/p>\n

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“This is absolutely alarming. As the Trump administration continues to ignore and try to erase climate science, actual scientists have issued a warning that we have only a short window to cut greenhouse gas emissions if we hope to avert some of the worst consequences of climate change — including sea level rise. Trump’s policies and his refusal to take action have now endangered coastal communities, could hurt our nation’s economy and even put our national security at risk.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“This was not inevitable, but now Trump has left us little time to prepare against a rapidly growing threat. The American people expect their president to protect them at all costs — and that includes against climate change.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a><\/span>: Antarctic ice loss has tripled in a decade. If that continues we are in serious trouble.<\/p>\n

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Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting at a rapidly increasing rate, now pouring more than 200 billion tons of ice into the ocean annually and raising sea levels a half millimeter every year, a team of 80 scientists reported Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The melt rate has tripled in the past decade, the study concluded. If the acceleration continues, some of scientists’ worst fears about rising oceans could be realized, leaving low-lying cities and communities with less time to prepare than they’d hoped.<\/p>\n

The result also reinforces that nations have a short window — perhaps no more than a decade — to cut greenhouse gas emissions if they hope to avert some of the worst consequences of climate change.<\/p>\n

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