The Know-Nothing Caucus: Rep. Marc Lombardo & Climate Edition

MIT News:

If ever there were a silver lining to global warming, it might be the prospect of milder winters. After all, it stands to reason that a warmer climate would generate less snow.

But a new MIT study suggests that you shouldn’t put your shovels away just yet. While most areas in the Northern Hemisphere will likely experience less snowfall throughout a season, the study concludes that extreme snow events will still occur, even in a future with significant warming. That means that, for example, places like Boston may see less snowy winters overall, punctuated in some years by blizzards that drop a foot or two of snow.

Two years ago @RepJimLyons & I were appointed to the Global Warming Cmte. Looks like we solved the prob #yourewelcome pic.twitter.com/in30On9R18

— Marc Lombardo (@MarcTLombardo) February 14, 2015

In light of Rep. Marc Lombardo's mockery of this consequential issue, Republican house minority leader Rep. Brad Jones should re-consider Marc Lombardo's appointment to the Global Warming and Climate Change committee. At the very least, Marc should be expected to treat it as a serious issue, whether he's compelled by the evidence or the politics.

This is the same Marc Lombard who saw a causal relationship between between what Rev. Al Sharpton wanted and the murder of two NYPD officers.