What reasonable person would support a candidate, ANY candidate, who denies Global Warming?
Current Pledges: 411
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ROBERT REDFORD: WE NEED CLIMATE ACTION ON ALL FRONTS
"Without question, we're facing a climate crisis. And it is taxpayers who are bearing the high costs. Just last year, taxpayers spent nearly $100 billion on crop losses, wildfires and disaster relief from superstorm Sandy. Our coastal communities are under siege. The Great Plains are suffering drought for the third year in a row. Our people are hurting -- and they're demanding action.
The President said he is not going to approve the Keystone XL pipeline if it harms the climate because doing so would not serve the national interest. I applaud him on this and I know tens of thousands of other do as well. We know that we cannot fully address climate change while facilitating expansion of the tar sands. That's why the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a bad idea. This pipeline will drive expansion of tar sands and its climate pollution. It's not in our national interest and could never pass a cli...mate test. It needs to be denied. Our climate, our waters and our communities depend on it.
The need to keep moving forward with climate action on all fronts is imperative. Which is why it is incumbent upon us, in the months to come, to communicate with both the President and the American public about some of the more misguided parts of the plan. Specifically those that continue to support substantial expansion of the use of fossil fuels through natural gas fracking in the U.S. and building overseas markets for it, as well as pursuing "clean coal" technology.
The President is doing what's right for the country by limiting carbon pollution from power plants and establishing a national plan for climate action. And I hope he maintains the courage of his convictions next, by denying the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and continuing to fully engage in this multifaceted and most profound challenge of our times."
Full article >> http://huff.to/161Ihbt
More info >> http://www.nrdc.org/issues/
TAKE ACTION:
Ask your senators: will you fight against dangerous power plant pollution?
>> http://bit.ly/128hFIe
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"Without question, we're facing a climate crisis. And it is taxpayers who are bearing the high costs. Just last year, taxpayers spent nearly $100 billion on crop losses, wildfires and disaster relief from superstorm Sandy. Our coastal communities are under siege. The Great Plains are suffering drought for the third year in a row. Our people are hurting -- and they're demanding action.
The President said he is not going to approve the Keystone XL pipeline if it harms the climate because doing so would not serve the national interest. I applaud him on this and I know tens of thousands of other do as well. We know that we cannot fully address climate change while facilitating expansion of the tar sands. That's why the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a bad idea. This pipeline will drive expansion of tar sands and its climate pollution. It's not in our national interest and could never pass a cli...mate test. It needs to be denied. Our climate, our waters and our communities depend on it.
The need to keep moving forward with climate action on all fronts is imperative. Which is why it is incumbent upon us, in the months to come, to communicate with both the President and the American public about some of the more misguided parts of the plan. Specifically those that continue to support substantial expansion of the use of fossil fuels through natural gas fracking in the U.S. and building overseas markets for it, as well as pursuing "clean coal" technology.
The President is doing what's right for the country by limiting carbon pollution from power plants and establishing a national plan for climate action. And I hope he maintains the courage of his convictions next, by denying the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and continuing to fully engage in this multifaceted and most profound challenge of our times."
Full article >> http://huff.to/161Ihbt
More info >> http://www.nrdc.org/issues/
TAKE ACTION:
Ask your senators: will you fight against dangerous power plant pollution?
>> http://bit.ly/128hFIe
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![ROBERT REDFORD: WE NEED CLIMATE ACTION ON ALL FRONTS
"Without question, we're facing a climate crisis. And it is taxpayers who are bearing the high costs. Just last year, taxpayers spent nearly $100 billion on crop losses, wildfires and disaster relief from superstorm Sandy. Our coastal communities are under siege. The Great Plains are suffering drought for the third year in a row. Our people are hurting -- and they're demanding action.
The President said he is not going to approve the Keystone XL pipeline if it harms the climate because doing so would not serve the national interest. I applaud him on this and I know tens of thousands of other do as well. We know that we cannot fully address climate change while facilitating expansion of the tar sands. That's why the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is a bad idea. This pipeline will drive expansion of tar sands and its climate pollution. It's not in our national interest and could never pass a climate test. It needs to be denied. Our climate, our waters and our communities depend on it.
The need to keep moving forward with climate action on all fronts is imperative. Which is why it is incumbent upon us, in the months to come, to communicate with both the President and the American public about some of the more misguided parts of the plan. Specifically those that continue to support substantial expansion of the use of fossil fuels through natural gas fracking in the U.S. and building overseas markets for it, as well as pursuing "clean coal" technology.
The President is doing what's right for the country by limiting carbon pollution from power plants and establishing a national plan for climate action. And I hope he maintains the courage of his convictions next, by denying the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, and continuing to fully engage in this multifaceted and most profound challenge of our times."
Full article >> http://huff.to/161Ihbt
More info >> http://www.nrdc.org/issues/
TAKE ACTION:
Ask your senators: will you fight against dangerous power plant pollution?
>> http://bit.ly/128hFIe
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Koch Brothers Recruit Hundreds of Republicans on Plan to Accelerate Climate Change
In what comes as absolutely no shock to me, it’s been revealed recently that since 2008, the Koch brothers have been pushing Republicans nationwide to sign an “anti-climate pledge.” Which essentially means that whoever signs it promises to not back any piece of legislation that would combat climate change.
This isn’t shocking because many Republican members of Congress have already signed an anti-tax pledge to private citizen Grover Norquist.
I thought politicians were elected by the people, to do what’s best for Americans—not some private citizen or group who urges them to sign a pledge promising to do any number of things that just happen to benefit that person or group.
Yet, as of now, 411 current lawmakers nationwide have signed the pledge. Those who’ve signed include Republican leadership in the House of Representatives, one-third of the entire House, and a quarter of all U.S. Senators.
How are Republican supporters not up in arms about this? These GOP lawmakers aren’t even secretive about these things—they’re completely transparent in their behavior to support, or oppose, specific pieces of legislation based on these pledges.
While the Republican boogeyman is always out to build some conspiracy that everything Democrats and President Obama try to do has some devious ulterior motive, these Republicans openly pledge support to lobbyists or private citizens and base their ideology on these pledges. Then they have the nerve to act as if their legislative decisions are based on “what’s best for Americans.” Does anybody still believe that?
Yet the American voters who support these very same Republicans never seem to ask themselves,
“Why is it what’s “best for Americans” (according to the GOP) always seems to coincide with what’s best for these private citizens/lobbyists for whom they’ve signed these pledges?”
Do you think it was just by chance the bill which would have expanded background checks on gun purchases (something supported by nearly 90% of Americans) died in the Senate? Or was it because of some other pledge these Republican lawmakers have given to the NRA to oppose any and all attempts to regulate gun sales, no matter how common sense and non-intrusive they may be?
And of course there’s the Koch brothers, who would benefit greatly with far more lenient environmental laws. They just happen to want these Republican policymakers to sign a pledge which targets legislation that would tighten environmental regulations—for the betterment of all Americans, right? I’m sure there’s no link whatsoever to Republicans supporting anti-climate policies and the billionaire Koch brothers’ financial gains by Republicans opposing green initiative legislation.
Then there’s Grover Norquist, the radical who has been quoted as saying he wants to reduce government to such a size that you can fit it into the bathtub and drown it. He considers Teddy Roosevelt a socialist, wishes to take us back to “where we came from” and cites a government prior to 1900—you know, back when women couldn’t vote, African Americans were segregated, working conditions were brutal and civil rights were openly mocked.
As of 2012, 95% of Republican members of Congress had signed his anti-tax pledge.
Which might explain why during the Republican Presidential primaries when these candidates were asked if they would support a measure that would increases taxes $1 for every $10 in spending cuts—every single candidate said they would oppose that proposal.
Are you kidding me? A hypothetical 10 to 1 deal that would have cut spending $10 and raise taxes just $1 and even then these Republican idiots said they wouldn’t support it.
No matter which way you try and spin it, that is insane.
And it isn’t as if these GOP politicians hide this fact, they’ll openly admit pledging an allegiance to these groups/individuals—and Republican voters apparently seem to have no issues with them doing so.
It shocks me these people never say to themselves, “Hmm, it’s interesting that my party seems to always support every stance that coincides with these pledges that I’ve heard they’ve signed.” They never say, “You know, it’s strange that these Koch brothers, who would benefit greatly by perpetuating the notion that climate change is a hoax, have spent millions upon millions to discredit science that says climate change is man made and impacting our environment.”
Because which sounds more plausible, the multi-billionaire Koch brothers have spent millions fighting the existence of climate change for:
- The betterment of Americans, or
- To increase their profit margin
I just can’t believe Republican voters allow for this to happen with no repercussions. Then again, you never see these things reported on Fox News, so most of them probably don’t know these pledges exist or have even heard of the Koch brothers.
And that’s part of the real problem.
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/koch-brothers-recruit-hundreds-of-republicans-on-plan-to-accelerate-climate-change/
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