Energy Department: 'human activity' one reason weather systems have recently become so catastrophic

The Energy Department tried to make case Tuesday that "human activity," at least in part, is to blame for weather systems escalated from "hazards" to "disasters."

In a tweet, the department linked to an Associated Press story detailing the United States’ recent catastrophic weather events and wrote "experts" have identified "human activity" as one reason "hazards" have escalated to "disasters."

The story itself attempts to make the case that weather events like hurricanes and coastal storms have causes more destruction because more people now live in U.S. coastal communities.

"People have made it much worse by what, where and how we build," the story in part reads.

Still, the story also pointed to “climate change” as a possible explanation driving the events, adding that "more extreme events are expected," according to the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Rick Spinrad.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has been steadfast in espousing the liberal-leaning argument about the world being in a "climate crisis," in part the result of carbon emissions from fossil burning plants and vehicle that run on fossil-fuel based gasoline. 

Last July, while Americans faced historically high gas prices, Granholm declared "the clean energy transition ... is well overdue" and "cannot progress fast enough."

Two months earlier, she called high gas costs the "exclamation point" for a global transition to green energy.

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