Democrats blaming climate change for Hurricane Ian at odds with science, experts say
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Experts strongly pushed back against suggestions from Democrats, the media and commentators that Hurricane Ian was caused by human-caused global warming.
"What they're trying to do is politicize the pain and suffering of these people to promote their green agenda," Gregory Wrightstone, the executive director of the climate policy think tank CO2 Coalition, told Fox News Digital in an interview. "Well, their policies and their agenda to promote renewables will do far greater economic destruction to the country and Florida." Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer at Fox News Digital
Over the last several days, media outlets, including the New York Times, Associated Press, Politico, NPR and Axios, have published news stories reporting that climate change is to blame for Hurricane Ian and the storm's rapid intensification. A Time magazine article said the "science is well known" that climate change created the conditions for Hurricane Ian.
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