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Musicmystery -> 17 House Republicans call for climate change action (3/15/2017 9:11:58 AM)
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The Atlantic has a piece today outlining the concern a group of House Republicans have in the Trump era:
"There really is consensus in the scientific community"
"It's important we take climate change very, very seriously, because the threats that are posed by that are very serious."
Further, Trump may not care about climate change, but the military does (story going round, from ProPolitica to Mother Jones):
Secretary of Defense James Mattis has asserted that climate change is real and a threat to American interests abroad and the Pentagon's assets everywhere, a position that appears at odds with the views of the president who appointed him and many in the administration in which he serves.
In unpublished written testimony provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee after his confirmation hearing in January, Mattis said it was incumbent on the US military to consider how changes like open-water routes in the thawing Arctic and drought in global trouble spots can pose challenges for troops and defense planners. He also stressed this is a real-time issue, not some distant what-if.
"Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today," Mattis said in written answers to questions posed after the public hearing by Democratic members of the committee. "It is appropriate for the Combatant Commands to incorporate drivers of instability that impact the security environment in their areas into their planning."
Where does this leave the GOP, and where does this leave America, in a leadership with an official (!) policy of science denial?
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