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						<h1 class="title">Hurricane Harvey Is a Horrible Reminder of the Cost We Pay for Climate Denial</h1>
						<p class="meta-info">Aug 31, 2017 <span>by</span> <a href="http://www.globalpossibilities.org/author/caseydanson/" title="Posts by Casey Coates Danson" rel="author">Casey Coates Danson</a></p>

						
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<p>By Ryan Schleeter     ECOWATCH.ORG</p>
<p>With rain expected to continue falling through this Friday, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/28/tropical-storm-harvey-hits-houston-what-we-know-so-far" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what we already know</a> about <a href="https://www.ecowatch.com/tag/hurricane-harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a> paints a devastating picture.</p>
<p>The equivalent of half of Houston&#8217;s annual average rainfall has fallen in the last 48 hours; 80,000 households are without electricity; Houston emergency services have received almost 6,000 urgent appeals for rescues; 54 Texas counties have been declared state disaster areas; thousands of people are displaced or in shelters; five people have died.</p>
<p><strong>And climate change is making it all worse</strong></p>
<p>While we cannot say definitively that <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change/">climate change</a> caused Hurricane Harvey, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/28/climate-change-hurricane-harvey-more-deadly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">science tells us</a> with confidence that it has increased the impact of the flooding and heightened the intensity of the storm.</p>
<p>But this shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise. For many years, scientists have warned that our continued reliance on fossil fuels will lead to <a href="http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/impacts/extreme-weather-climate-change.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bigger and more devastating storms</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also abundantly clear that coastal Texas and the wider Gulf region (which has <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/stories/postcards-climate-change-born-island/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seen this kind of event before</a>), are on the frontlines of <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/sea-level-rise">sea level rise</a> and extreme weather heightened by climate change. And Houston in particular—with its slate of oil, gas, and chemical refineries owned by companies like <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/exxon">Exxon</a> and Shell—faces the additional risk of <a href="https://newrepublic.com/minutes/144487/unbearable-petrochemical-smells-reportedly-drifting-houston" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toxic petrochemical chemical spills</a> into nearby communities.</p>
<p><strong>When disasters like Harvey strike, those standing in the way of climate action must answer to the victims.</strong></p>
<p>That means we&#8217;re looking at you, Greg Abbott. The Texas governor has been on record for years denying the science of climate change, <a href="https://www.americanprogressaction.org/press/release/2015/01/27/105387/release-gov-abbott-joins-republican-governors-denying-climate-change/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stating</a> that scientists disagree (<a href="https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">they don&#8217;t</a>) and that their findings &#8220;need to continue to be investigated&#8221; (<a href="https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not really</a>). He also sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over the Clean Power Plan, President Obama&#8217;s initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s also Ted Cruz, the Texas senator so committed to discrediting climate science he once convened a Senate hearing on the issue and filled his panel with &#8220;scientists&#8221; <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/watch-industry-funded-climate-denier-goes-off-on-camera-lies-about-fossil-fuel-funding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paid by the fossil fuel industry</a>.</p>
<p>And we can&#8217;t forget Lamar Smith, who represents Texas&#8217;s 21st congressional district. As chairman of the House Science Committee, he subpoenaed eight environmental groups—including Greenpeace—for calling on officials to investigate Exxon&#8217;s <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/global-warming/exxon-and-the-oil-industry-knew-about-climate-change/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">history of climate denial</a>.</p>
<p>But this goes beyond Texas—we&#8217;re also looking at you, Donald Trump. Not only is Trump a <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/265895292191248385?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unapologetic climate denier</a> who has spent his time in office dismantling every climate protection activists have won in recent years, he also rolled back an Obama-era rule that required new infrastructure to be <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/trump-signed-away-obamas-flood-risk-rules-weeks-hurricane-harvey-hit-655712" target="_blank" rel="noopener">built with climate resiliency in mind</a> (flood protection, specifically).</p>
<p><strong>How you can support the victims of Hurricane Harvey.</strong></p>
<p>In the long run, helping those impacted by extreme weather events means holding big polluters—like Exxon—and <a href="http://www.ecowatch.com/tag/climate-denier">climate deniers</a>—like Trump, Cruz, Abbot and Smith—accountable. Only a just transition away from fossil fuels and toward a clean energy economy can soften the impact of the next superstorm to come our way.</p>
<p>But right now, folks on the ground need your immediate support as they deal with power outages, continued flooding, and overcrowded shelters.</p>
<p>Giving money? Consider <a href="https://twitter.com/GlobalGiving/status/901553445953470468" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donating to a local relief effort</a>. Want to give supplies? There are <a href="https://anothergulf.com/a-just-harvey-recovery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supply drives</a> for items like water and basic hygiene products across Louisiana and the Gulf. Looking for other ways to donate your time? Use this guide from our friends at <a href="https://anothergulf.com/a-just-harvey-recovery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Another Gulf Is Possible</a> to find more ways you can support.</p>
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			<div class="comment-content"><p>Donald and his cronies are now jumping in to make huge profits on the disasters.<br />
 &#8220;An economic system that requires constant growth, while bucking almost all serious attempts at environmental regulation, generates a steady stream of disasters all on its own, whether military, ecological or financial. The appetite for easy, short-term profits offered by purely speculative investment has turned the stock, currency and real estate markets into crisis-creation machines&#8230;&#8221;  The shock doctrine  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/15/politics" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/sep/15/politics</a></p>
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