Didn't you know global warming could lead to disasters in the future? On Monday, US President Barack Obama acknowledge the current flood emergency int the Red River Valley.
The President having a sit-down interview with six hand-picked from around the country in the Roosevelt Room of the White House West Wing. This six are Alex Daniels, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Jim Carroll, Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal; Kevin Miller, Bangor (Maine) Daily News; Andrew Barksdale (back to camera), Fayette (N.C.) Observer; Janell Cole, Forum Communications Bismarck Capitol Bureau, and Robert Swift, Scranton (Penn.) Times and Tribune.
Among President's statements:
“I actually think the science around climate change is real. It is potentially devastating,”
“If you look at the flooding that’s going on right now in North Dakota and you say to yourself, ‘If you see an increase of 2 degrees, what does that do, in terms of the situation there?’ that indicates the degree to which we have to take this seriously,”
Obama talked about flooding and answering a question about North Dakotans being concerned how a “cap-and-trade” greenhouse gas reduction policy could hurt the state’s coal and power-generating industries.
Gov. John Hoeven ask for disaster declaration because there are always developing flodd emergency in the state.
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