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historic American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) received a round of applause from GOP colleagues when he claimed that ...
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Rep. Broun receives applause on the House floor for calling global warming a ‘hoax’
Climate Progress —
[This post was reprinted from thinkprogress.]
During the floor debate this morning over the historic American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), Rep. Paul Broun (R-GA) received a round of applause from GOP colleagues when he claimed that man-made global warming is a “hoax” with “no scientific consensus.” Broun, citing misleading statistics, also claimed that the bill would hurt the poor and “kill jobs:”
BROUN: Scientists all over this world say that the idea of human induced global climate change is one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated out of the scientific community. It is a hoax. There is no ...
Why climate change deniers love to hear they are committing treason
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They love to see themselves as brave victims of McCarthyism, standing up against a wave of pseudo-scientific indoctrination Strong words from Paul Krugman, the Nobel-prize winning Princeton economist, in his column for the New York Times this week. After watching the debate in the House of Representatives last week before the ...
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How did your rep vote on the House climate and energy bill?
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Lester Brown's plan to stop climate change —
Ode Magazine 6/26/2009
Pioneering environmentalist Lester Brown has a plan to stop climate change, and save civilization in the process.
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