The day after withdrawing from Paris, Trump declared a flooding disaster in Missouri | John Abraham

The state, hit hard by global warming-intensified flooding, has elected numerous climate-denying politicians

I was debating this article. Should I write about the news that just occurred, or the news that will occur soon? I chose the past event - flooding in Missouri, USA. I will save a soon-to-collapse portion of the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica for my next article.

It's sad, but true, that there are mounting ironies around Trump's scientific ignorance on climate change and his ditching of the Paris Accord to reduce global warming. Scientists know the Earth is warming and that humans are the cause. One consequence of the warming is that weather is becoming more extreme. This means we are getting more extreme storms, including rain and floods. As our nation and the world suffers from the extreme weather, we can reflect on how things could have been different had our politicians heeded the warnings.