Thursday, June 9, 2022

Opinion | As climate catastrophes multiply, Republicans rethink denialism - The Washington Post

…But there were just a couple of small problems with the resulting two-pager put out by the House GOP "Energy, Climate, & Conservation Task Force." The strategy didn't, er, actually mention the word "climate." Neither did it make any commitment to decreasing greenhouse-gas emissions. The only indirect acknowledgment that climate change is even a thing was a call to mine more rare minerals of the sort used in batteries. And the strategy included a gusher of proposals to boost oil and gas production. The Sierra Club's legislative director, Melinda Pierce, called the plan "McCarthy's latest attempt to greenhouse gaslight the American public."…


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