Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo. "If and when this happens, let's deal with it then.... If the level of the ocean goes up 3 inches in 75 years, to me that's not worth spending trillions of dollars."
“Over the past year, GOP politicians have increasingly questioned or flatly denied the established science of climate change. As the presidential primaries heat up, the leading candidates have either denied the verdict of climate scientists or recanted their former views supporting climate policy. As the tea party grows in influence, and the fossil-fuel industry injects unprecedented levels of spending into the electoral system, challenging climate science has become, in some circles, as much of a conservative litmus test as opposing taxes.”
Read the entire article at Atlantic Wire: Heads in the Sand.
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