Comments on: Boxer, Whitehouse, and Senate Colleagues Kick Off New Initiative to “Wake Up Congress” on Climate Change https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/03/07/boxer-whitehouse-and-senate-colleagues-kick-off-new-initiative-to-wake-up-congress-on-climate-change/ Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:31:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Warren Senders https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/03/07/boxer-whitehouse-and-senate-colleagues-kick-off-new-initiative-to-wake-up-congress-on-climate-change/#comment-479056 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 21:31:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19080#comment-479056 The fact that Congress still needs to “wake up” on this issue is one of the most depressing things I’ve ever encountered. But there it is. Billions of dollars of oil money can buy a national snooze button that’s apparently way bigger than science.

Very frustrating.

On a separate, but climate-related note, Greg, please take a look at this initiative aimed at getting musicians & performers all over the world to speak out forcefully about the climate crisis:

http://theclimatemessage.com/

Best wishes,

Warren Senders

]]> By: G https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/03/07/boxer-whitehouse-and-senate-colleagues-kick-off-new-initiative-to-wake-up-congress-on-climate-change/#comment-479055 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 12:00:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19080#comment-479055 Twenty Senators = a respectable starting number. I’m impressed.

We also need some smart Republicans who are willing to join up as well.

So whatever your party affiliation, this being an election year is a critical time to get active: register new voters, use the primaries for all they’re worth, and promote candidates who can make the convincing case that rational climate policy is not only sound science, it’s also sound economics.

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