Critics accuse Buttigieg of 'playing politics' after comments linking turbulence to climate change

Critics are responding to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who has attributed recent significant weather events and transportation crises to climate change, at least in part. On Sunday, Buttigieg was featured on CBS' 'Face the Nation,' where he claimed the effects of climate change are to blame for recent incidents of severe turbulence on airplanes and extreme weather.

'Climate itself is not meaningfully affecting transportation, but terrible climate policy, including that of Pete Buttigieg,' Epstein said. 'For example, the EPA's new pollution standards constitute a de facto EV mandate that will force Americans to drive inferior cars and place massive new demand for reliable electricity on an already failing grid.' Another climate expert pointed to the increase in overall airline flights as a reason for the concern.

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