{"id":369980,"date":"2025-03-14T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=369980"},"modified":"2025-03-14T16:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T15:42:15","slug":"obamas-climate-agenda-r-i-p-the-climate-realism-show-149","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=369980","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s Climate Agenda: R.I.P. \u2014 The Climate Realism Show\u00a0#149"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"369982\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=369982\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/00Screenshot-2025-03-14-163456.png?fit=1387%2C782&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1387,782\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot 2025-03-14 163456\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/00Screenshot-2025-03-14-163456.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/00Screenshot-2025-03-14-163456.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-369982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/00Screenshot-2025-03-14-163456.png?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/00Screenshot-2025-03-14-163456.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/00Screenshot-2025-03-14-163456.png?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/00Screenshot-2025-03-14-163456.png?resize=1200%2C677&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/00Screenshot-2025-03-14-163456.png?w=1387&amp;ssl=1 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AIdro_nbFC65TF2vSmRND-z-tSnTQczJF6jiadJT6myXzyUVVEE=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, dropped the Mother of All Bombs this week on the radical environmental agenda that has dominated Washington, DC since the start of the Obama administration. If it holds, the impact will be devastating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Heartland Institute\u2019s Sterling Burnett and Jim Lakely are joined by SPECIAL GUESTS Matthew M. Wielicki, Ph.D.\u2014an earth science professor-in-exile from \u201cofficial\u201d academia at the University of Alabama\u2014and Steve Milloy, who served in Trump\u2019s EPA Transition Team in his first presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We\u2019ll also dive into the Crazy Climate News of the Week and take your questions. 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