Here we see confirmation of the latest entry in the increasing–and increasingly absurd–list of bad things that result from politicians bowing to the enviro agenda, only to see the very same greens point the finger at . . . global warming, of course . . . as the cause.

As my CEI colleague John Berlau points out in his book Eco-Freaks: Environmentalism Is Hazardous to Your Health!, you can also add among other things the New Orleans levees breaking and the resurgence of malaria in temperate zones following the tragic withholding of DDT. The greens now blame malaria on global warming, though there was widespread malaria even in the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s–until DDT was available. Malaria is just making a select comeback where populations are left or leave themselves vulnerable and, as Dr. Paul Reiter devastatingly points out in his presentations, is actually by no means a “tropical” or temperature-driven disease.

So, here we also see one more reason politicians jump on the global warming bandwagon: as an excuse for their own recklessness.