Analysis | The Energy 202: Congress has held at least 15 climate hearings since Democrats won the House

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Analysis: Congress has held at least 15 climate hearings since Democrats won the House

There’s been one on climate change and infrastructure. Another on climate change and publicly owned lands. And there have been two on climate change and oceans.

“Today’s hearing on climate change is long overdue,” House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. said during his panel’s first hearing in the new Congress in early February. “We are feeling its effects now, and the influence of unchecked climate change is becoming more obvious every year.”

And Democrats are far from done. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reinstituted a special select committee on climate that was disbanded by Republicans when they were in the majority. It has yet to meet, but that panel, chaired by Rep. Kathy Castor , will collect facts about climate change from scientists and experts rather than focus on crafting legislation.

“This has got to be a priority for all of us,” Murkowski said. “Certainly in Alaska we view that there is no choice here.” “Drought, heat waves come and go naturally,” he said, “but the changing climate has intensified their impacts.”Republicans on the House Natural Resouces Committee, led by Rob Bishop of Utah, said Democrats were failing to address issues within the committee’s jurisdiction after holding seven climate-related hearings. During one panel, Bishop jokingly thanked Democrats for picking"the shortest month" to hold the hearings.

 

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And Still hasn’t figured out a way to Screw the American Citizens over it .

Nancy’s biggest concerns are the winds of change. The brash female freshmen are plotting a big change in leadership. (Chuck is gonna need a new dance partner.)

Meanwhile Mother Nature continues to do whatever the hell she damn well pleases because she doesn’t care what the democrats do.

And since that time, China has still been one of the major contributors to greenhouse gases ClimateActionNow

I hope I'm still around in 20 years when climate change will have been exposed as the biggest scam in the history of the world

Climate Change is a back-burner issue, non-existant in 2018. -Magnetic North pole (Earth core magma) shifting 35 miles per year. -The 3rd World population is growing by unsutainable 383,000 per day. -World population crosses max support level in 2020 (8 Billion). Build the wall.

SO WE continue to hold climate meetings meanwhile human trafficking, drugs and criminal activities are exploited at our border and our Majority Party representatives turn their backs because of their immature disdain of our President and Homeland Defense Team. Makes Sense Right?

4everNeverTrump Good, but what about free health care for all and affordable higher ed

Wow, congratulations. Looks like you neocommunists' are finally gonna make headcase headway within this peaceful little society of people who are totally mental.

We need to start discussions on the climate change that is happening on Jupiter. There must certainly be life there, right?If not, how is the climate on the planet changing? Could it be something as simple as it is a natural occurrence and has been happening for billions of years

Meanwhile the world in record low temperatures. We can really use some 'Global Warming' right now. Old mad winter cold truth; Climate Change a lie for CapNTrade and Paris Accord high tax. Founder of Weather Channel John Coleman:

Bout time....someone is doing their job....to save the planet.

You mean like the one that got adjourned when only two democrats showed up?

Simplify it for congress. Pollution, land, sea and air. Use examples people can see. They are abundant. Get ideological head out of.......

Yes, climate hysteria is definitely in their lane.

At least someone is, we know Trump vermin can't grasp science or logic...

The new crown jewel of socialism, and the means by wich they will get the mindless dolts to surrender their money and freedom. Sprinkle some doomsday in and they line up.

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