Monday, December 07, 2015

Even ExxonMobil says climate change is real

From today's Washington Post.
Even ExxonMobil says climate change is real. So why won’t the GOP?
By Fred Hiatt Editorial page editor December 6 at 6:59 PM

To understand how dangerously extreme the Republican Party has become on climate change, compare its stance to that of ExxonMobil.

… With no government action, Exxon experts told us during a visit to The Post last week, average temperatures are likely to rise by a catastrophic (my word, not theirs) 5 degrees Celsius, with rises of 6, 7 or even more quite possible.

What then explains the know-nothingism of today’s Republicans? Some of them see scientists as part of a left-wing cabal; many of them doubt government’s ability to do anything, let alone something as big as redirecting the economy’s energy use. Almost all of them, along with quite a few Democrats, would rather not tell voters that energy prices need to rise for the sake of the environment.
 I think it is fair to repeat Fred Hiatt's question.

Even ExxonMobil says climate change is real. So why won’t the Oregonian?

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