.MaddowBlog: As the climate crisis intensifies, standards for GOP politicians are so low that a simple acknowledgement looks like a breakthrough.
In other words, some GOP officials are prepared to pay lip service to global warming, not because of the planetary threat, but because failing to make such acknowledgements might interfere with the party's electoral prospects.
The more Republicans are seen as climate deniers, the more the national party puts itself at a political disadvantage. But at this point, some of you are probably shaking your heads."Who cares about motivations?" you're asking."If the political conditions are forcing GOP politicians to take sensible positions on the climate crisis, so be it. The important thing is that Republicans arrive at a responsible point after too many years of doing the opposite."
I wish it were that simple. Yes, Barrasso acknowledged reality. Yes, the Republican senators around him went along with his simple declaration.A package of bills [House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy] introduced on Earth Day championed carbon capture.... It also promoted tree planting and expansion of nuclear energy, a carbon-free power source that many Republicans prefer over wind or solar energy.
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