With reality denial dominating the Republican Party platform, how will Republican National Convention delegates reconcile that the start of their 2012 gathering in Tampa was delayed by climate-fueled extreme weather?First, let's be clear: It's Big Oil-funded GOP leadership that's the problem, not rank-and-file Republicans. While virtually every Republican member of Congress and national party leader rejects climate science, 43% of rank-and-file Republicans see "solid evidence of global warming" according to the Pew Research Center. Dig a little deeper and those numbers should be even more eye-catching for GOP leadership. |
TheGreenMiles :: Four Ways Climate Reality Looms Over the GOP Convention |
Among moderate Republicans, 63% see evidence our climate is changing. And what about Republicans who say they still haven't made up their minds in the presidential race? Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project polling shows they're only half as likely to deny the scientific reality of global warmingas Republicans on the whole. Polls show Republican voters support solutions, from a revenue-neutral carbon tax to giving Americans more low-carbon transit options.But Mitt Romney's website doesn't even mention climate change. While Romney himself once advocated for clean energy & carbon pollution cuts, he now rejects climate science. Romney's energy plan unveiled last week contains mostly giveaways to the oil industry and polls show it hasn't helped him with voters- no surprise considering Big Oil remains the most hated industry in America by a wide margin. At a time when global warming & extreme weather are dominating the headlines, Republican Party leadership is increasingly step with the American mainstream:
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Four Ways Climate Reality Looms Over the GOP Convention
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
by TheGreenMiles