Bernie Tells It Like It Is to Teenage Climate Denier

By Katie Herzog, Grist

29 January 16

hile we don�t generally advocate picking on kids over here, a hearty pat on the back to Bernie �Socialism!� Sanders for taking down a teenaged climate denier.

Mashable reports on an event at a high school in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, at which a skeptical #teen addressed the presidential candidate: �From looking at the evidence I�ve seen the last few years,� she said, �� I haven�t seen any actual scientific evidence that global warming is actually happening.�

Bernie wasn�t having it. �Thank you for your question. You�re wrong,� he said as the girl�s classmates broke into applause.

Sanders continued. �I appreciate your point of view,� he said, �but I absolutely believe that climate change is real, it is caused by human activity and we need to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel.�

He�s right. Scientists overwhelmingly agree that climate change is a real and human-caused phenomenon that is having devastating effects on our planet � including increased prevalence and severity of droughts, floods, blizzards, wildfires, and even infectious diseases. Plus there�s the whole sea-levels-rising thing. In fact, the only people who don�t recognize climate change at this point are Republicans in Congress � or running for president � and, it seems, one teenage girl in Iowa. Hopefully Bernie set her right.