The U.S. Senate Climate Change Hoax

Posted: 1/25/2015

Trigger

I was stunned to learn this week e.g. here and here that the U.S. Senate voted 98 to 1 to following language: “AMENDMENT PURPOSE:

To express the sense of the Senate that climate change is real and not a hoax.” (emphasis added)

I guess, the citizens of this country should be happy that the following, longer, proposed statement included in the same amendment was not accepted: “SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING CLIMATE CHANGE.

It is the sense of the Senate that climate change--

(1) is real;

(2) is caused by humans;

(3) is urgent; and

(4) is solvable.

” (emphasis added)

Here is the official roll call web page.

Expedient To Pass Keystone XL Legislation

Perhaps, this was one of the motivations for this vote, but expediency may come back to haunt.

In Jest

Senator Inhofe is reported as saying “Climate is changing and climate has always changed”,  the Senator meant only to say climate change is real, because it happens all the time. I do not know how many U.S. Senators voted along these lines.

Well, this overwhelming vote will be taken serious by the many environmentalists.

Consequences Of An Irresponsible Vote

Well, the environmentalists among us will run full force with this victory. If U.S. Senator Inhofe later votes against environmental measures, he will be reminded.

If the U.S. Senators who voted for this language were not serious they should have had the guts to say so and modify the language.