On Sunday afternoon, CNN fill-in host Omar Jimenez gave a forum to climate global warming Bill Nye to push his agenda in the aftermath of recent hurricanes.
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October 13, 2024
4:45 p.m. Eastern
OMAR JIMENEZ, FILL-IN HOST: But are you surprised that weather experts are actually being targeted here?
BILL NYE, EDUCATOR: Not anymore because we all have a tendency to just, first thing you do is try to shoot the messenger, as the old saying goes. That somebody bringing you bad news is somehow responsible for the bad news. There's just a human tendency that we all want to overcome. And by "we all," I mean all of us, well, world citizens have to work together to address climate change. Now, look, everybody, the reason these hurricanes are happening is because the Gulf of Mexico and the mid-Atlantic is warmer than it's -- they're warmer than they've ever been. And not only that, the warmth goes deep in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, and so you're not getting relief that you traditionally get when a hurricane would dissipate. Instead, they're strengthening.
Now, this is well-documented -- this is science. But I'll just say again, and you brought it up. The reason I did these videos for Too Hot Not to Vote is because one side is very concerned about climate change, and the other side is not, and is essentially taking bribes from the fossil fuel industry. And we've just got to cut it out, you guys. We're all in this together, Omar.
JIMENEZ: And I think, along those lines, you said this is the most important election in human history within the context of climate change. Why do you believe climate plays such a big role in this election?
NYE: Well, it effects everything we do. You know, where do we spend money? We spend it on social security programs -- as Peter Bergen put it. They're not called social "welfare" -- it's "security." Security for our citizens. We spend money on that, and we spend money on the military. The U.S. military is very, very concerned about climate change. They have bases in -- on near-shore facilities -- Norfolk, Virginia; Florida; San Diego. These are places where the Navy depends on the sea level staying about where it is. But it's not staying where it is. The world's getting warmer -- the ocean's expanding -- ice is sliding off of Antarctica and Greenland into the sea, making it also rise. So the sooner we get to work on this, the better, everybody. It'll be exciting. We're going to solve global problems working together. Come on!
