Bill Nye the Science Guy told the Daily Caller on Tuesday that climate change is a bigger problem than the economy or high unemployment.

He also said that “this notion that government is inherently bad is new,” and after the November election, President Barack Obama will “have a freer hand.”

Bill Nye, who was in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday speaking on behalf of the Planetary Society, said that he is “very concerned about climate change,” adding that, “you can talk about the economy and short-term jobs and so on — but there are much bigger problems.”

On the president, who Nye supported in his first run, the former television host said, “He has a lot of constraints until he gets re-elected. He can’t do what, certainly, my parents would have thought were routine things — social programs. This notion that government is inherently bad is new.” Nye added. “Whoever’s in charge can’t do anything about it until after the election. … He’ll have a freer hand.”

Nye also believes that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will become less conservative in the coming months.

“After the primary’s over, everybody can move back to the middle so maybe we haven’t really found out what Mitt Romney’s real views are yet,” he said. “He had to go so far to the right to win the primary that — who knows. Just think about when the guy was governor of Massachusetts — he apparently has espoused very different views. So we’ll just wait and see.”

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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – When Clint Perkins isn’t working as an EMT in Hood County, he’s preparing for the next big storm.

Instead of hiding from tornadoes, he seeks them out. Although he’s been a storm chaser for almost 20 years, the tornado he saw on April 3 scared him.

“Watching this large tornado moving up towards south Arlington,” recalls Perkins, “that’s one of the first times in my chasing that I thought, ‘this is really bad.’ I think my whole demeanor changed.”

Perkins started chasing storms back in 1993 and captured his first tornado on camera in West Texas near Crosby County.

“I was so much in shock that I really didn’t realize I was looking at the tornado,” said Perkins.

He’s been hooked ever since. In fact, chasing even played a role in catching the love of his life.

“When I asked my wife to marry me, it was on video flying with the hurricane hunters inside the eye of Hurricane Wilma,” said Perkins, who notes that the popularity of storm chasing reality shows are prompting more inexperienced chasers to go on the road.

“They’re creating more of a hazard than the tornado itself,” said Perkins.

Fellow storm chaser Jason McLaughlin agrees.

He was in Forney during the April 3rd outbreak and witnessed the devastation as it happened. Mclaughlin teaches math at Summit High School in Mansfield and says his knowledge of the timing of storms is critical.

“Tornadoes can touch down and do a lot of damage in a very short time,” said McLaughlin.  “Even being an experienced storm chaser, you run into circumstances that aren’t the right ones to be in.”

For both of these men, storm chasing gives them a chance to see some incredible displays of nature and capture amazing images on camera, but their higher purpose is to help save lives.

“If I have a chance and opportunity to pre-warn some of these smaller towns, I feel like I’m accomplishing something.” Perkins said.

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ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Aspen Ski Area hosted a ski race without snow Saturday to highlight the effect climate change has on the outdoor recreation industry.

Auden Schendler, Aspen Skiing Company‘s vice president of sustainability, says “climate change is already pounding businesses and communities, whether you’re a ski resort, an insurance agency or a raft business.”

Saturday’s event also included a photography contest, and participants wearing white formed a giant white dot on the snowless slope to draw attention to the effects of climate change.

Organizers say the gathering in the Colorado ski town was part of more than 1,000 rallies taking place in more than 100 countries in an effort to “connect the dots” between extreme weather and climate change. The day’s events were organized by 350.org, an environmental group co-founded by Vermont activist Bill McKibben.

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