Taxpayer-subsidized National Public Radio (NPR) has indicated that it assumes “climate change” caused the devastating tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri, that claimed more than 130 lives and have left more than 100 people unaccounted for.
NPR’s 13.7 Cosmos and Culture blogger Ursula Goodenough, a Washington University biology professor, asked NPR readers and listeners Thursday, “What motivates Climate Change deniers?” After describing how she lived in St. Louis for “nearly 33 years” during which time tornado sirens only sounded five times, “never with a touchdown,” Goodenough quoted activist Bill McKibben’s Washington Post op-ed that made fun of people who question associating the happenings in Joplin with climate change.
Goodenough indicated that she hadn’t a clue how anyone could reach a conclusion different than hers. “Here’s what I don’t get: What motivates a denier? If you are a denier-reader of this blog, what motivates you? I’m not asking for more URLs – we already have plenty of those on file. I’m asking about intent,” Goodenough wrote.
She ended her post by writing that what “motivates” her position, which assumes “climate change” is taking place, are “the sirens, the polar-bear pictures, the IPCC reports, fear for my grandchildren’s future.”