Somehow or other I’m not finding references to this in the more standard press websites. This is from Crooks and Liars, a mostly liberal website. Maybe it’s just that most of the press realizes that this sort of thing is not newsworthy.
It is nonetheless disquieting that such outlandish shenanigans go on in our nation’s capital. While cities, counties, and other local government agencies are working to reduce carbon emissions, the GOP has a hearing on climate change in which almost all of the witnesses are skeptical or downright hostile to the science of global warming. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. This is the institution that brought us the witch hunts of the House Un-American Activities Committee and filibusters, one going on for 24 hours, of basic civil rights legislation.
I wouldn’t mind so much if our elected representatives opposed measures to limit greenhouse gasses or to make progress on climate change, if they were to simply acknowledge the truth of the matter. “Yes, our waste from fossil fuel is warming the planet, but I don’t care,” is still a crappy attitude, but at least it’s honest.
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