The Senate climate disaster: GOP vs the future
Image by Getty Images via @daylife
Score 1 for the Party of ‘No.’
The losers this time, however, aren’t just Democrats or President Obama. By maintaining a united front against a climate bill with teeth — or even a single tooth — the GOP has prevailed over future generations. In one sense, the GOP has achieved paradoxical victory: they’ve won a party-line, non-partisan battle. Paying the price for the GOP-enforced inaction on climate and energy policy will be Republicans and Democrats, Independents and Tea- Partiers, liberals and conservatives. Natural disasters don’t give a hoot about partisan politics.
Little has changed in the 104 years since Ambrose Bierce penned his definition of the Senate: “A body of elderly gentlemen charged with high duties and misdemeanors.”
The latest Senate energy bill, which Reid claims is the best he could get through his chamber, raises the cap on damage payments by oil companies involved in harmful spills and contains billions in financial incentives for home weatherization and natural gas-powered vehicles. But not only does it jettison cap and trade, it doesn’t even contain a renewable energy standard — a set percentage of electricity that must come from renewable sources such as the sun and wind. That’s not just a disappointment to environmentalists; it’s a blow to the stalled renewable power industry.
via Senate’s energy bill: What a disappointment – latimes.com.
Post Your Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment
T/S Members
Log in with your True/Slant account.
Yeah, the Republicans are the party of ‘no’. Where were you when the Demorats did the same thing?
“Demorats?”
In response to another comment. See in context »I’m sure there are people who take the bait (so to speak) and get into a shouting match with you. I’m not one of them.
Hello ragnar,
The Democrats routinely knuckled under the Mr. Cheney and Mr. Rove during the Bush Administration, even after they had gotten the majority in both houses. Whenever the Bush administration wanted more funding for wars in Iraq or Afghanistan the Democrats, after some hand-wringing and bluster, always capitulated to the Republican minority and White House. The same was true just about any legislative initiative of the Bush Administration. The Democrats were the party of “Yes, Sir!, Thank you, Sir! More Sir!”.
In response to another comment. See in context »