One of the great heroes of climate change does his usual excellent work in the Senate:
▶ Sen. Whitehouse: I will not ignore effects of climate change – YouTube.
And by the way, in moving .gif form, here’s an illustration of the kind of cherry-picking he was talking about.
I’m preaching to the choir here, I know. There is hope, since Whitehouse has been joined by the new Senate climate caucus, whose immediate job is to raise awareness and play defense for the administration’s efforts to close up dirty power plants like Brayton Point.
Here in Massachusetts, we’ve done our job at the level of sending good folks to DC, and need to continue to do so. Furthermore we can support initiatives like green bonds and green banks, RGGI, conservation measures and so forth. This saves us money and helps our economy, as well as prepares us for the (now-inevitable, I think) changeover to cleaner energy.
thegreenmiles says
Some of our members seem more concerned with preserving taxpayer flood insurance subsidies for beachfront mansion owners than they do with forcing GOP to face up to the impacts of climate change.