Greenwire (subscription required) reported
today that the White House blocked testimony by Dr. Rod
Schoonover of the State Department to the House Intelligence
Committee on "The National Security Implications of Climate
Change." This by itself might be unsurprising, if nonetheless
depressing. What's truly amazing, however, is that Greenwire
contains a link to the draft testimony, together with the
NSC comments.
As regular readers of this blog have probably figured out, I at
least try to find humor in almost everything.
I found no humor in the NSC comments on this testimony. They
were just plain terrifying. Greenwire reported that NSC Senior
Director William Happer was among those who provided comments.
Greenwire also reported that Mr. Happer is among those who think
that carbon emissions are beneficial and that certainly seems to be
consistent with the comments, which include the following:
