In 50-49 vote, US Senate says climate change not caused by humans
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Source: Bangor Daily News
WASHINGTON The Senate rejected the scientific consensus that humans are causing climate change, days after NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared 2014 the hottest year ever recorded on Earth.
The Republican-controlled Senate defeated a measure Wednesday stating that climate change is real and that human activity significantly contributes to it. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, offered the measure as the Senate debated the Keystone XL pipeline, which would tap the carbon-intensive oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta.
The Senate voted 50-49 on the measure, which required 60 votes in order to pass.
Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2015/01/22/politics/senate-not-ready-to-tie-climate-change-to-mankind/
Fuck our lives.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)riversedge
(70,047 posts)earthside
(6,960 posts)... all of the earthquake monitoring stations, too.
Then we won't have any more of those damaging earthquakes.
freedom fighter jh
(1,782 posts)retrowire
(10,345 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)also not the onion
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027571807
retrowire
(10,345 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)Stuart G
(38,410 posts)here is a link from 2015
:http://www.legitgov.org/50-49-vote-US-Senate-says-climate-change-not-caused-humans
retrowire
(10,345 posts)Well it was last modified 2 days ago, that's why it came up as new in the newsfeed my bad. Should I remove?
Stuart G
(38,410 posts)but. If it isn't late news..I guess it don't belong here
JudyM
(29,185 posts)Warpy
(111,123 posts)Should be an interesting spectacle.
This vote meant nothing except identifying the 50 people in that chamber who are far too stupid to be there.
floriduck
(2,262 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)All these Senators are well known rocket scientists...
Journeyman
(15,023 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)This is a year old; LBN is for stories less than 24 hours old. You can repost in GD.