http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/22/al-gore-climate-activists-use-louisiana-floods-to-/
By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Monday, August 22, 2016
Few would be surprised if President Obama took aim at climate change during his visit Tuesday to survey the Louisiana flooding, which is why global warming skeptics are already raining on his parade.
The climate blame began in earnest last week with former Vice President Al Gore, who described the deluge as an example of “one of the manifestations of climate change.” Those remarks were followed by a rash of supportive articles.
“Flooding in the South looks a lot like climate change,” said an Aug. 16 headline on an article in The New York Times.
The Green Party of Louisiana issued a statement Friday calling the flooding “further evidence of the global crisis posed by climate change.”
“Until humans make global, sweeping changes to our economic and social systems, we must expect these types of disasters to continue regularly,” said the party. “The Green Party of Louisiana calls for the rapid elimination of the fossil fuel economy.”
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein called Saturday for declaring a “climate state of emergency,” saying disasters such as the Louisiana floods and California wildfires “are going to become day-to-day occurrences.”