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# A President’s River of Lies
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/perry-bard-river-of-lies/
- Published: 2017-09-09T15:00:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:26:39.000Z
- Description: The Paris Accord has been declared irrelevant.
- Author: Perry Bard
- Tags: Art, Drawing, Weekend, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

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Perry Bard, “River of Lies” (2017), ballpoint pen on paper, 9 x 12 inches

In the USA the Paris Accord has been declared irrelevant  
Because there is no Global Warming  
Because the Earth’s average surface temperature has not increased  
While penguins in the Antarctic are breeding less  
While the sea level is rising more rapidly  
While butterflies have moved North  
While foxes have moved North  
While rain and snow have increased  
While invasive insects are chewing up trees  
While hurricanes and storms are stronger  
While polar bears are skinnier  
While leatherback sea turtles are declining rapidly  
While the Colorado River is losing water  
While the Yellow River is losing water  
While the Ganges River is losing water  
While the Niger River is losing water  
While there is less fresh water  
While will be a fresh water shortage  
Globally  
While Houston drowns, Miami is blown away, and the President pats himself on the back