“What’s happening with the oceans” is that they are rising, warming and growing more acidic — thanks to global climate change. In other words, the EPA’s focus on the long-term effects of climate change is why the Flint, Mich., water crisis happened. He’s using Flint as a club to bash the agency’s work on climate science. More carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere acts like a blanket, preventing heat from escaping into space. He’s talking about Oklahoma-style energy and saying that the focus of environmental activism should be on clean water and air and not climate change — which would be a boon to the fossil-fuel industry which sees the climate change fight as an existential threat.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2017 15:52 UTC