timschochet
Footballguy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/12/republicans-threaten-wall-street-over-climate-positions/
Unlike @IvanKaramazov, I don’t think it’s un-American to attempt to penalize anyone who disagrees with policies regarded as important- be it corporations, or states or people. It’s been done, peacefully, all throughout our history. So I have no condemnation for these Republican legislators.
That being said, the battle lines are drawn. If you believe that we have to fight climate change (as I do) then what they’re doing here is not a good idea. On the other hand, if you think that our energy rising costs are of so much concern that we need to ignore climate change and allow the oil and gas companies full speed ahead, as apparently Tom Cotton does, then that’s the approach you should support. But this is the debate we’re going to be having.
Unlike @IvanKaramazov, I don’t think it’s un-American to attempt to penalize anyone who disagrees with policies regarded as important- be it corporations, or states or people. It’s been done, peacefully, all throughout our history. So I have no condemnation for these Republican legislators.
That being said, the battle lines are drawn. If you believe that we have to fight climate change (as I do) then what they’re doing here is not a good idea. On the other hand, if you think that our energy rising costs are of so much concern that we need to ignore climate change and allow the oil and gas companies full speed ahead, as apparently Tom Cotton does, then that’s the approach you should support. But this is the debate we’re going to be having.