Aztec Press editor fact checks local politician

By JOE GIDDENS

Locally, Ally Miller, Pima County District 1 supervisor, took to Twitter to weigh in on climate rallies and teenage activist Greta Thunberg.

“To to all the young folks screaming that the end is near!  To follow this woman??? Kidding right? In the ’70s, when I was a young high school graduate they said the Ice age (sic) was coming. Yes … they said that.  Don’t be a tool! #GlobalWarmingHoax,” Miller tweeted on Sept. 23. 

However, Miller represents Pima County where the climate now has 24 more days above 100 degrees than it had in the 1970s. This makes it the second-largest increase in the nation, according to Climate Central. 

As previously reported in the Aztec Press and the Phoenix New Times, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey repeatedly has balked at using the phrase “climate change,” substituting it for the self-created talking point “drier future.” 

In recent weeks, Ducey has made several statements tying human actions to the environment. 

“Humans are part of the earth, the environment and the ecosystem. It only makes sense that they — and what they do — would have an impact,” Ducey said in an email to Joe Dana of 12 News in Phoenix on Sept. 23. 

Ducey has yet to take a definitive stance on the scientific consensus.