{"id":20329,"date":"2017-01-25T06:08:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T06:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=20329"},"modified":"2017-01-25T06:08:21","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T06:08:21","slug":"badlands-national-park-goes-climate-change-tweetstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/badlands-national-park-goes-climate-change-tweetstorm.html","title":{"rendered":"Badlands National Park goes on a climate change tweetstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Badlands National Park goes on a climate change tweetstorm<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Badlands National Park goes on a climate change tweetstorm:-<\/strong> Badlands National Park in South Dakota is known for rugged scenery, fossil beds, bison and for a brief moment at least, a Twitter account that blasted a short stream of tweets about the perils of climate change \u2014 before they met their own personal extinction Tuesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Badlands account, @BadlandsNPS, referenced the atmosphere’s current carbon dioxide levels, the highest in 650,000 years, and today’s ocean acidity levels, 30% higher than at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, alongside more typical tweets about park facts and wildlife.<\/span><\/p>\n

The climate change statements run counter to President Donald Trump’s remarks over the past few months that climate change is a Chinese hoax and also don’t fit well with his concern that regulations meant to slow climate change were damaging to American business.<\/span><\/p>\n

“For too long, we\u2019ve been held back by burdensome regulations on our energy industry. President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the U.S. rule,” a top issue brief on the new president’s White House website read.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Badlands tweets were deleted from the feed Tuesday afternoon but gave birth to a host of others riffing on the tempest, however small it might have been.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What if the Badlands National Park is a hoax invented by the Chinese to make our parks less competitive?<\/p>\n

— Scott McGrew (@ScottMcGrew) January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n