On January 8, 2014, the White House posted a controversial video claiming that global warming causes more severe winter cold.
Called “The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes,” it featured the director of the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), John P. Holdren, claiming that a “growing body of evidence” showed that the “extreme cold being experienced by much of the United States” at the time was “a pattern that we can expect to see with increasing frequency as global warming continues.” [Editors Note:Holdren also believes Trees should be given standing to sue in courts]
This claim was questioned by many scientists and commentators...
In April 2014, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) sent a request for correction of this statement under the federal Information Quality Act, citing peer-reviewed scientific articles debunking it. In June 2014, OSTP rejected this request, claiming that Holdren’s statement was his “personal opinion,” not the agency’s position, and that it thus did not constitute “information” subject to the Information Quality Act, which excludes “subjective opinions” from its reach.
...In February 2016, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that OSTP must produce these records,
...When OSTP produced the records on March 4, 2016 (they are at this link), they showed inconsistency in OSTP’s position over time.
...potential explanation for all this is that OSTP’s Polar Vortex video was originally produced and posted not as the personal opinion of the agency’s director, but as an agency project.
OSTP sought, and succeeded, in getting widespread news coverage for the film.
But once its inaccuracy became clear, the agency invoked the personal opinion excuse as a way of avoiding accountability, and it did its best to maintain that façade even if it meant going through time-consuming and expensive litigation.
Here's the bogus video you paid for (actually, your children and grandchildren WILL pay for this:
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