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So far,&#xA0;three people are confirmed dead, and ABC News <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-harvey-continues-churn-texas-extremely-flooding-unfolding/story?id=49432077" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">reports</a> that emergency authorities in Houston are receiving thousands of calls for rescue as rapidly rising floodwaters have forced residents to seek higher ground on their rooftops.</p><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d" phx-inline-ad-layout="b3e25198303c4806b0136a98096c6028" <div="" data-ad-group="in_content-0" data-max-ad-reloads="5"><div class="m-in-content-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d"><div id="ad-b3e25198303c4806b0136a98096c6028"></div></div></aside><p>The White House, facing its first major natural disaster of the Trump administration, is certainly not sitting by the sidelines. President Donald Trump on August 25th signed a disaster relief declaration to funnel federal aid and emergency resources to rescue and recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast. &quot;You are doing a great job - the world is watching! Be safe,&quot; Trump <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/politics/trump-harvey-declaration/index.html" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">tweeted</a>, addressing&#xA0;Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long. In a later tweet, Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901411986302488576" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">added</a>: &quot;We are leaving nothing to chance. City, State and Federal Govs. working great together!&quot;</p><div><figure class="m-embed m-embed--twitter l-inline"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet l-inline" tml-render-layout="inline" data-client-rendering-id="28"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901411986302488576" phx-track-event="" target="_blank"></a></blockquote></figure></div><p>Unfortunately, Trump&apos;s declaration may be too little, too late for this storm. And depending on the total damage it causes, Hurricane Harvey might actually end up hurting the very climate&#xA0;skepticism&#xA0;that helped catapult&#xA0;Trump&#xA0;to the presidency in the first place.</p><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-a not-size-b" phx-inline-ad-layout="5a42ca165a8b45d6afb4664debcca711" <div="" data-class-rules="[{&quot;sizes&quot;:[&quot;970x250&quot;],&quot;classes&quot;:[&quot;is-970x250&quot;]},{&quot;sizes&quot;:[&quot;728x90&quot;],&quot;classes&quot;:[&quot;is-728x90&quot;]}]" data-ad-group="in_content-0" data-max-ad-reloads="5"><div class="m-in-content-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-a not-size-b"><div id="ad-5a42ca165a8b45d6afb4664debcca711"></div></div></aside><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d" phx-inline-ad-layout="519eb5df46a04f4880fef6db10f93408" <div="" data-class-rules="[{&quot;sizes&quot;:[&quot;728x90&quot;],&quot;classes&quot;:[&quot;is-728x90&quot;]}]" data-ad-group="in_content-0" data-max-ad-reloads="5"><div class="m-in-content-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d"><div id="ad-519eb5df46a04f4880fef6db10f93408"></div></div></aside><p>Trump has <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/1/15726472/trump-tweets-global-warming-paris-climate-agreement" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">made no secret</a> of his skepticism of man-made climate change, perhaps most famously with his&#xA0;<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/265895292191248385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">assertion</a>&#xA0;in 2012 that climate change was a hoax perpetrated&#xA0;by China.&#xA0;Climate skepticism has thus been a part of U.S. domestic policy since Trump took office, most notably with his appointment of&#xA0;<a href="https://psmag.com/news/heres-how-trump-plans-to-gut-the-epa">Scott Pruitt</a> to head the Environmental Protection Agency. (Pruitt has, in turn, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-environmental-protection-agency.html?mcubz=1" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">stacked the agency</a> with other climate skeptics.) Ironically enough, since assuming his post, Pruitt&#xA0;has&#xA0;<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/03/16/administrations-fiscal-years-2017-budget-amendment-and-2018-budget-requests-advance" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">proposed</a> slashing the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2012/10/29/fema-loses-nearly-900-million-if-sequester-cuts-hit/?utm_term=.eb9e81d0016d" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">FEMA budget</a> by $667 million.</p><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d" phx-inline-ad-layout="c81c2aa477ad44158cee246a9bd8ca69" <div="" data-ad-group="in_content-1" data-max-ad-reloads="5"><div class="m-in-content-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d"><div id="ad-c81c2aa477ad44158cee246a9bd8ca69"></div></div></aside><p>But while the full-on embrace of climate&#xA0;skepticism&#xA0;may make political sense for the White House&#x2014;only&#xA0;25 percent of Trump voters think climate change is <a href="https://grist.org/briefly/just-one-quarter-of-trump-voters-think-climate-change-is-caused-by-humans/" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">caused by humans</a>&#x2014;it likely won&apos;t resonate with the Texans who must now&#xA0;live through Harvey and its long-term effects.</p><p>A growing body of research suggests that perceptions of climate change are influenced by experience with climate-related natural disasters. A <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13412-016-0391-8" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">2016 analysis</a> in the <em>Journal of Environmental Studies and Science</em> found that, between Hurricane Katrina and the pre-election Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the public discourse surrounding extreme weather shifted dramatically from a purely economic and energy discussion to one focused on climate. And a <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130919085813.htm" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">2013 study</a> by the Association for Psychological Science found that direct experiences with intense events like Sandy and Hurricane Irene were more likely to re-orient survivors toward &quot;green&quot; and climate-positive political stances. Naturally, the correlation <a href="https://thinkprogress.org/climate-change-and-weather-e5be90138c36/" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">is a bit more nuanced</a>, but the fact remains that climate change concerns are <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/206030/global-warming-concern-three-decade-high.aspx" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">at a three-decade high</a>, and something like Harvey may only weaken confidence in Trump&apos;s climate skepticism.</p><h2>Since assuming his post, Pruitt has proposed slashing the FEMA budget by $667 million.</h2><p>The potential conflict facing Trump has become more pronounced thanks to his administration&apos;s actions in the weeks leading up to Harvey. On August 7th, a broad climate change report drafted by government scientists from 13&#xA0;federal&#xA0;agencies that was&#xA0;leaked to the press indicated the average U.S. temperature &quot;has risen rapidly and drastically&quot; to historic levels since the 1980s. Its findings &quot;directly contradict claims by President Trump and members of his cabinet,&quot; as the <em>New York Times</em> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/climate/climate-change-drastic-warming-trump.html?mcubz=3" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">put it</a>. The report was apparently leaked in an effort to bypass any efforts the White House might make to&#xA0;<a href="https://psmag.com/environment/trumps-actions-on-a-recently-drafted-climate-change-report-are-troubled-and-opaque">dispute and dilute</a>&#xA0;its findings, a <a href="https://psmag.com/environment/paranoia-and-stifled-work-at-epa">not unfounded concern</a> among scientists and career civil servants at the agency.</p><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d" phx-inline-ad-layout="2f301e39022d4cddbd683f325b7645a5" <div="" data-ad-group="in_content-2" data-max-ad-reloads="5"><div class="m-in-content-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d"><div id="ad-2f301e39022d4cddbd683f325b7645a5"></div></div></aside><p>One week after the leak, the Trump administration <a href="https://psmag.com/environment/trump-to-roll-back-obama-era-flood-protections">announced plans</a>&#xA0;to rescind an Obama-era rule requiring the federal government to provide $10 billion in annual funding to go toward storm-proofing infrastructure projects against the storm surges and heavy rains that accompany 90 percent of U.S. natural disasters. In an even more alarming move,&#xA0;the White House decided&#xA0;on August 20th&#xA0;to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/08/20/the-trump-administration-just-disbanded-a-federal-advisory-committee-on-climate-change/?utm_term=.a1ef05e9e597" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">disband</a> the National Climate Assessment federal advisory panel, which was tasked with helping state, local, and federal officials and private-sector decision-makers plan for the long-term effects of climate change. It was also&#xA0;the same body responsible for producing and leaking the climate change report earlier in the month.</p><p>While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration <a href="https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes/" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">notes</a> that it&apos;s &quot;premature&quot; to directly correlate rising greenhouse gas emissions with with a <a href="http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdec.shtml" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">higher frequency</a> of U.S. hurricane strikes, the NOAA admits these weather events will only become &quot;more intense.&quot;&#xA0;And it&apos;s not just hurricanes: Research suggests the risks associated with catastrophic weather systems will <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/31/hurricanes_future_storms_could_be_much_worse_than_anything_we_ve_ever_seen.html" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">escalate dramatically</a> over the next century. Ours looks to be a global future of <a href="https://psmag.com/environment/so-yeah-these-heat-waves-are-basically-the-new-normal">blistering heatwaves</a> that will <a href="https://psmag.com/environment/humid-heat-waves-will-top-limits-of-human-survivability">push the limits of human survivability</a>, insane thunderstorms that <a href="https://psmag.com/environment/severe-thunderstorms-top-the-list-of-climate-disasters-so-far-this-year">bring down hail and tornadoes</a>, and <a href="https://psmag.com/environment/gulf-coast-prepares-for-nightmare-floods-cindy">destructive rain storms</a> that will continue to pummel the Gulf Coast.</p><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-a not-size-b" phx-inline-ad-layout="d6065ec89c6a44a288060191a3f043f9" <div="" data-class-rules="[{&quot;sizes&quot;:[&quot;970x250&quot;],&quot;classes&quot;:[&quot;is-970x250&quot;]},{&quot;sizes&quot;:[&quot;728x90&quot;],&quot;classes&quot;:[&quot;is-728x90&quot;]}]" data-ad-group="in_content-1" data-max-ad-reloads="5"><div class="m-in-content-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-a not-size-b"><div id="ad-d6065ec89c6a44a288060191a3f043f9"></div></div></aside><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d" phx-inline-ad-layout="a752361ac0bf49398dbab7644af14081" <div="" data-class-rules="[{&quot;sizes&quot;:[&quot;728x90&quot;],&quot;classes&quot;:[&quot;is-728x90&quot;]}]" data-ad-group="in_content-1" data-max-ad-reloads="5"><div class="m-in-content-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d"><div id="ad-a752361ac0bf49398dbab7644af14081"></div></div></aside><p>And the irony, of course, is that it&apos;s the voters who helped inject Trump&apos;s climate skepticism into the federal government who will endure the brunt of the consequences, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/21/climate/how-americans-think-about-climate-change-in-six-maps.html?mcubz=3" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">despite believing otherwise</a>. A June <a href="https://psmag.com/environment/this-is-scary">study</a> in <em>Science</em> found that Southern and mid-Atlantic states&#x2014;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president?mcubz=3" phx-track-event="" target="_blank">Trump-leaning</a> places like Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Mississippi&#x2014;could experience gross domestic product losses of up to 28 percent, lower productivity, lower agricultural yields, and increases in mortality rates as a result of climate-related weather events through the end of the century.</p><aside class="m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d" phx-inline-ad-layout="ed10961785f446b8b7131a7501b51d5b" <div="" data-ad-group="in_content-3" data-max-ad-reloads="5"><div class="m-in-content-ad--slot is-placeholder not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d"><div id="ad-ed10961785f446b8b7131a7501b51d5b"></div></div></aside><p>Should all that happen, a legislative agenda that leans heavily on climate skepticism probably won&apos;t look too appealing to voters.</p></div><div class="m-detail--sponsor"></div><footer class="m-detail--footer"><div class="m-detail--meta"><dl><dt class="m-detail--label">Tags</dt><dt>terms:</dt><dd class="m-detail--keywords" itemprop="keywords"><a href="/tag/hurricane-harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a><a href="/tag/climate-change-denial">Climate Change Denial</a><a href="/tag/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a><a href="/tag/climate-change">Climate Change</a><a href="/tag/environment">Environment</a><a href="/tag/politics">Politics</a></dd></dl></div><aside class="m-detail--author-box"><div class="m-detail--avatar"><a href="/author/jared-keller" phx-track-event phx-track-id="Author Image"><phoenix-picture><picture class="is-waiting-to-load"><source data-srcset="https://psmag.com/.image/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_60%2Cw_60/MTI4NzE4NjU4MzAxMTA1NDI2/imagepng.png"><img src="https://psmag.com/.image/c_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cg_face%2Ch_60%2Cw_60/MTI4NzE4NjU4MzAxMTA1NDI2/imagepng.png" srcset="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" alt="Jared Keller"></picture></phoenix-picture></a></div><div class="m-detail--author-content"><div class="m-detail--author-byline"><div class="m-detail--author-byline-label">By</div> <a href="/author/jared-keller" phx-track-event phx-track-id="Author Name" rel="author">Jared Keller</a></div><div class="m-detail--author-social is-minified"><dl><dt>Twitter:<dd><a href="https://twitter.com/jaredbkeller" phx-track-event phx-track-id="Twitter Follow" rel="me" target="_blank">Twitter</a></dd></dt></dl></div></div></aside><section class="m-social"><ul><li class="m-social--interaction-count"><div class="m-social--interaction-count-num" phx-fresh-social-stats="aggregate" item-id="ci021366e88000273a" item-timestamp="2017-08-28T12:00:00Z">321</div><div class="m-social--interaction-count-label">SHARES</div></li><li class="m-social--facebook"><phx-social-share-button medium="facebook" url="https://psmag.com/environment/could-hurricane-harvey-deal-a-fatal-blow-to-climate-change-skepticism" title="Could Hurricane Harvey Deal a Fatal Blow to Climate Change Skepticism?" text="Could Hurricane Harvey Deal a Fatal Blow to Climate Change Skepticism?" subject="Could Hurricane Harvey Deal a Fatal Blow to Climate Change Skepticism?" body="Could Hurricane Harvey Deal a Fatal Blow to Climate Change Skepticism?. 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