Hi everyone-

RealClearPolicy is out with a column from the EE War Room connecting Trump’s science denial on COVID and climate change with the devastating impacts of hurricanes. The column pulls in some data from our previous issue brief, “Equitable and Just Hurricane and Disaster Preparedness Amid COVID-19.” Please consider sharing this if you’re able! https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/10/20/trumps_science_denial_is_making_hurricanes_more_devastating_and_harming_public_health_581265.html

.@RealDonaldTrump’s "denial of science in the face of the pandemic and his refusal to address the underlying causes that fuel disasters like heat waves, fires, and hurricanes continue to put American lives at risk." https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/10/20/trumps_science_denial_is_making_hurricanes_more_devastating_and_harming_public_health_581265.html #ActOnClimate

President Trump’s disastrous lack of a strategy to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has received close scrutiny in recent weeks. Here's another way his science denial puts lives at risk: https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/10/20/trumps_science_denial_is_making_hurricanes_more_devastating_and_harming_public_health_581265.html #ActOnClimate

"As is the case in other disasters like wildfires, the COVID-19 pandemic complicates the already-difficult process of safe evacuations from impending hurricanes." https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2020/10/20/trumps_science_denial_is_making_hurricanes_more_devastating_and_harming_public_health_581265.html #ActOnClimate

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