Just this week our Senate voted to affirm scientific theory regarding climate change. Of course, it then voted that it wasn't our fault. I wonder if that vote had anything to do with the $56 million that gas and oil companies gave in campaign monies. "According to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, oil and gas interests in the most recent election cycle (2013-14) gave about $56 million to the campaigns of parties, candidates and outside interest groups. The overwhelming preponderance of this money went to Republicans and outside interest groups favoring Republicans."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/01/23/379242432/senate-says-climate-change-real-but-not-really-our-fault?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=politics&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnew
Am I being cynical or realistic? In the State of the Union (SOTU) address last Tuesday, the President reminded us of the historic agreement he'd reached with China: "In Beijing, we made an historic announcement – the United States will double the pace at which we cut carbon pollution, and China committed, for the first time, to limiting their emissions." I hope that both countries live up to the accord.
http://www.vox.com/2015/1/20/7864149/state-of-the-union-2015-policy
If the American people really did like what the President had to say in the #SOTU , then they will support his agenda by letting their elected representatives know that.
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