One of the reasons he’s not blaming it on “climate change” is because the droughts in 1980 and 1988 (before the left claims global warming started) were between 400% and 650% more costly.
Via Soros-funded ThinkProgress:
Sign the petition asking Sec. Vilsack to tell farmers the facts about climate change.
In multiple press appearances last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack dodged questions about what drought-stricken farmers need to know about climate change. Speaking before the White House press corps, Vilsack refused to answer questions by Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times and Bill Plante of CBS News about the connections between climate change and the current drought.
Although the USDA has a Climate Change Program Office, Vilsack refused to talk about the science because, he said, “I’m not a scientist.”
In petitions organized by Forecast the Facts and Food Democracy Now, over ten thousand Americans are calling on Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to directly address the massive implications of manmade climate change for our entire farming sector. Many of the signatories are farmers and ranchers. Rebecca E., of Manitou Springs, CO, wrote: “My family has a family farm AND a cattle operation in Kansas. We DESERVE to know the science behind what we are being dealt by the weather!”
USDA scientists are clear that global warming pollution is already leading to more extreme weather, such as longer and more severe droughts, heat waves, and floods.