Climate-Science Denying Governor Perry Renews Declaration Of Drought Disaster Throughout Texas | ThinkProgress

Climate-Science Denying Governor Perry Renews Declaration Of Drought Disaster Throughout Texas | ThinkProgress

What a freaking tool.

“Record high temperatures, preceded by significantly low rainfall, have resulted in declining reservoir and aquifer levels, threatening water supplies and delivery systems in many parts of the state,” the proclamation states. “Prolonged dry conditions continue to increase the threat of wildfire across many portions of the state; and… these drought conditions have reached historic levels and continue to pose an imminent threat to public health, property and the economy.”

What’s striking about this frank admission of the way extreme weather is ravaging Texas is that it stands alongside Perry’s ongoing dogged refusal — backed by many of the state’s other Republicans — to acknowledge the science that links these weather shifts to climate change and human-driven global warming.