Republican Politicians May Start Accepting Climate Change
Three data points — polling, a Climate Caucus and a senior Trump supporter saying he should accept climate change — suggest Republican denial is thawing.
Three data points — polling, a Climate Caucus and a senior Trump supporter saying he should accept climate change — suggest Republican denial is thawing.
Congressman Carlos Curbelo’s Florida district is getting swamped by the rising seas of climate change. Likewise, he and half of the GOP members of the Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus he founded were swamped last night by the Democratic blue wave that washed over the country. Twenty members escaped the bloodbath, while 23 either retired in the face of the blue wave or lost their re-election bids last night, leaving an uncertain future (the fates of the two GOP delegates from Samoa and Puerto Rico have not yet been reported).
House Republicans voted to ban any carbon tax last week, ensuring America will continue to lag behind other countries in addressing climate change.
The Climate Change Caucus in the US Congress has only one requirement. There has to be an equal number of Democrats and Republicans.