[Petition] Governor Walker: Stop Climate Censorship!

Care 2 Petitions ^ | May 7, 2015 | Aaron Viles

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Target: Scott Walker, Wisconsin Governor

Petition:

Following the horrible example set last month in Florida, a state public lands agency in Wisconsin has instructed their employees to no longer discuss global warming.

Global warming is the largest challenge that land managers are currently facing, but apparently, the Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) thinks if they don't say it, it won't happen??!?

The BCPL manages revenue from federal lands within the state to the benefit of schools and communities. This decision makes no sense, given that much of their revenue comes from national forests, and forests are already suffering the impacts of global warming such as drought, fires and insect infestations.

Even worse, the staff member this 2-1 decision was focused on is BCPL Executive Director Tia Nelson, who was appointed the co-chair of a state panel on climate change by the previous governor. Nelson is the daughter of Gaylord Nelson, the U.S. Senator from Wisconsin who established Earth Day in 1970. A well known leader on global warming in the state, it's outrageous that the BCPL board would seek to silence her voice, going so far as to direct her not to reply to emails on the subject.

Add you voice to ours to tell Wisconsin Governor and Presidential hopeful Scott Walker that this is unacceptable, and demand that he act swiftly to reverse the board's decision.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Scott Walker Is the Worst Candidate for the Environment Scott Walker is killing it with Republicans. The Wisconsin governor is one of his party's rising stars—thanks to his ongoing and largely successful war against his state's labor unions, a fight that culminated Monday with the signing of a controversial "right-to-work" bill.

Now (for the moment, anyway), he's a leading contender for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. At the Conservative Political Action Conference a couple weeks ago, he polled a close second to three-time winner Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.), beating the likes of Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush by a significant margin.

It probably won't surprise you to learn that none of the prospective GOP presidential candidates are exactly champions of the environment. Probably the least bad is New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who at least acknowledges that climate change is real and caused by human activity. Walker just might be the worst. He hasn't said much about the science of global warming. (In the video above, you can watch him tell a little kid that his solution to the problem will center on keeping campsites clean, or something.) But his track record of actively undermining pro-environment programs and policies while supporting the fossil fuel industry is arguably lengthier and more substantive than that of his likely rivals.

"He really has gone after every single piece of environmental protection: Land, air, water—he's left no stone unturned," said Kerry Schumann, executive director of the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters. "It's hard to imagine anyone has done worse."

Here's a rundown of Walker's inglorious history of anti-environmentalism............."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Walker's budget steeply cuts DNR's science bureau

"Environmentalists are criticizing Gov. Scott Walker's budget for making steep cuts in personnel in a science and research bureau at the Department of Natural Resources.

The employees include scientists and others with master's and doctoral degrees who perform research for the DNR on environmental regulation and wildlife management policy.

Walker's budget would cut 18.4 positions in the Bureau of Scientific Services.

The bureau has a total of 59.4 budgeted positions, although 9.4 are currently vacant. That would a 31% cut in total budgeted positions and a reduction of nearly 20% of the positions now filled in the bureau.

All told, Walker's budget would cut 66 positions from the DNR. Of this, more than 25% would come from the science group.

Environmentalists questioned whether scientists at the agency were coming under attack for research that has sometimes provoked criticism. But a northern Wisconsin lawmaker who has been critical of some DNR research agreed with Walker's plan.

"This is a terrible idea," said Amber Meyer Smith, director of programs and government relations for Clean Wisconsin, a Madison-based environmental group.

"Any real natural resources protection is based on sound science. The more science you remove from the process, the more politics you add."

Sen. Tom Tiffany (R-Hazelhurst) said he supports overhauling the bureau.

"I think some of our game management is not being served well by science services," Tiffany said.".......

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Below is another example of how Walker’s beating the environmentalists, bit by bit (and helping the farmers)

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/farm-bureau-others-question-scott-walker-s-proposed-farm-research/article_fd57b04d-1749-51ab-bcaf-9de60d826f4c.html

March 7, 2015 - Farm Bureau, others question Scott Walker’s proposed farm research cuts

“Researchers and supporters of a program that helps farmers run cleaner and more efficient operations say they were “stunned” and “blindsided” by Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut a third of the project’s funding.

Discovery Farms, a UW-Extension program that dates to 2001, applies science from a “plows-on” level, evaluates and monitors efforts by state farmers to control runoff, calibrate fertilizer use and employ techniques to conserve land and water.

It has a $750,000 budget, of which $248,000 would be cut in the governor’s proposed state budget.

UW-Extension officials noted the loss affects longstanding projects and the ability of the small program to leverage crucial additional grants and funds.

“We would have a 1.2-employee reduction of staff and we would pull back some of our sampling efforts, water quality analysis and a project (set) for Rock County,” said Amber Radatz, project co-director.

The project’s programs include monitoring 20 state farms and educating thousands of farmers on conservation strategies.

“This was a big surprise to our agency partners as well as our partners in farm groups and in UW-Extension,” she said. “We never had an inkling.”

The $248,000 comes from a surcharge on farm chemical sales that would be discontinued.”................

[Cincinatus' Wife]

MEANWHILE Gov. Chris Christie rolls over.

“Chris Christie on Thursday reminded Americans that unlike the majority of his rivals for the Republican nomination, he believes that man-made climate change in undeniable. “I think global warming is real,” he said at during an event in New Hampshire, according to MSNBC. “I don’t think that’s deniable. And I do think human activity contributes to it.”

The New Jersey governor has made similar remarks in years past, but his most recent declaration is noteworthy because it suggests he’ll be willing to talk about climate change on the campaign trail—something the rest of the field isn’t exactly eager to do. ......”

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/05/08/chris_christie_on_climate_change_new_jersey_governor_says_global_warming.html

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Aaron Stark, (7, in the second grade at Haycock Elementary School in Fairfax County, Virginia) asks Governor Scott walker some questions about climate change at the 2015 CPAC convention.

-----:35 Video

Little boy walks up to ask Gov. Walker a question.

Gov. Scott Walker leans down to listen.

Aaron: "If you were president, what would you do about climate change?"

Walker: "What would I do about that? Well you know I was a boy scout, and always thought maybe campsites should be cleaner when we leave than when we found it, so I'd try to work with people that care about that issue to make sure we have a better place when we leave than when we found it."

Aaron: "Do you care about climate change?"

Walker: "Ultimately to me, I want to make sure we have all the natural resources [garbled] as possible moving forward, just like I've done for everyone in Wisconsin. Okay?"

Then Scott Walker shakes Aaron's hand and leaves. Source

[Free in Texas]

Step away from the old-fashions , Chris and nobody gets hurt.

[Free in Texas]

Meant old-fashioneds. Darn smartphones.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

SNIP from Gov. Walker's 2015-17 budget proposal:

"....Department of Natural Resources

The governor's budget plan would change a number of functions at the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the most impactful of which is freezing the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program.

The Stewardship Program gives bonding authority to the DNR for land acquisition, local assistance for stewardship efforts, and grants to non-profit conservation organizations. From FY04 to FY14, $586.5 million in authorized bonds were approved for Stewardship.

Annual debt service for the Stewardship Program increased from $40 million in FY06 to $90 million in FY14 and is now responsible for an astonishing 70 percent of GPR expenditures at the DNR. Debt service at that level is not sustainable.

The governor's proposal would freeze stewardship bonding until GPR expenditures for debt service is brought down to an annual level of $54.3 million.

It is unclear when this level of debt service can be achieved, but it has been estimated that it may not be until 2028. GPR debt service for Stewardship will be upwards of $71 million in FY16 and FY17 assuming no more bonding takes place.

Publicly owned land for conservation now makes up 17 percent of all land in Wisconsin, or 5.9 million acres, according to the DNR. The Stewardship Program has acquired 627,600 acres of land in its 25-year existence.

In the interest of keeping it simple, we should not be borrowing money we don't have to buy land we don't need...."

Scott Walker's 2015-17 Budget Proposal: What You Need to Know

[sauropod]

WHAT??!!

YOU MEAN YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE FEEDING TROUGH????

[Erik Latranyi]

Yeah, Walker cuts liberalism to the core in Wisconsin, yet nutjobs on FR want to accuse him of being a closet liberal.

[Crazieman]

Hey, I’m all for Walker. The man has brought results!

I just want Cruz slightly more, but I have no hesitation pulling the lever for Walker.

[USS Alaska]

Hey, I’m all for Walker. The man has brought results!

I just want Cruz slightly more, but I have no hesitation pulling the lever for Walker.

Hear! Hear!

[Yosemitest]

I'm NOT !

CRUZ or LOSE!

What You Need To Know About Ted Cruz ( 1:46 )

Take a good long look at where "Establishment Republicans" ALWAYS take us.

CRUZ or LOSE!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

One bite at a time!

[bray]

Walker may not be perfect, but nobody is. He is right on 90% which is good enough. This one is huge.

Pray America is waking

[maddog55]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

May 8, 2015:

Texas Messes with Agenda 21

"..........The London Telegraph’s James Delingpole, an unfailing opponent of the climate change fraud, said in a June 6, 2012 piece entitled “How Wisconsin and Alabama Helped Save The World” that Alabama’s ban on Agenda 21 implementation was as important as Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s victory over the excesses of public sector unions:

Equally important is the victory won in Alabama. One of the reasons I have become so embroiled in the Climate Wars these last few years is because I recognised early on that the once-worthy cause of environmentalism has been suborned by the international Left as a proxy issue designed to mask its real agenda: the destruction of the capitalist system; global wealth redistribution; the removal of property rights; a gradual takeover by democratically unaccountable Left-leaning bureaucrats and technocrats belonging to organisations like the United Nations and the European Union.

Jeff Sessions: Scott Walker’s Pro American Worker Immigration Stance ‘Helpful For The Republic’

[Jack Hydrazine]

It’d be nice if we could turn off the Sun for a few minutes to show them how nice global warming really is.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes.

: )

[Awgie]

Thank You CW for your excellent posts in support of one of our finest young conservative candidates. “Go Big Go Bold” is One of SW’s motto's. I believe he will continue to deliver on that promise.