Science | U.S. senators aim to force high-profile vote on climate science

[Alex Brown]

U.S. senators aim to force high-profile vote on climate science
http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2015/01/u-s-senators-aim-force-high-profile-vote-climate-science?utm_campaign=email-news-latest&utm_src=email

The political war over climate science is flaring up again on Capitol Hill this week as the U.S. Senate debates a bill that would approve the highly controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Pipeline opponents, many of whom oppose the project because they say it would accelerate climate change, are trying to secure votes on a number of largely symbolic amendments affirming the Senate’s belief that climate change is real and human-caused and that policymakers should address it. ... Senators Bernie Sanders (I–VT), Brian Schatz (D–HI), Jeff Merkley (D–OR), Tim Kaine (D–VA), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D–RI) all have filed climate-related amendments. And Democrats aren’t hiding the reasoning behind their strategy. “We're going to have a vote to find out who the climate change deniers in the U.S. Senate really are,” said Senator Charles Schumer (D–NY), the third-ranking Senate Democrat, during a Capitol Hill press conference today. “Do they deny that human activity has helped create climate change? Stay tuned. We'll see.”

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[Alex Brown]

US Senate refuses to accept humanity's role in global climate change, again

http://gu.com/p/4552j