Was going to post this w/ a simple comment: "ughh," or maybe a link to where I first saw it, v @GrrlScientist; her remarks are spot on.
https://newrepublic.com/post/174310/earth-hotter-ever-ted-cruz-republican-solution-gut-climate-funding
(GrrlScientist's comments: https://mstdn.science/@GrrlScientist/110808351534095800)
But this brief line in the article: "... at the behest of their big fossil fuel and transportation corporate donors..."😡 — That lobbying is inexcusable. Not to educate; it's pure greed.
Winners: #FossilFuel cos. & beholden GOP Senate Commerce Committee https://www.commerce.senate.gov/minority
Losers: 🌍
But never overlook the core factor that voters elect, and reelect, these people.
No matter WHY our representatives do what they do, apparently we voters are generally OK with it since we keep sending the same people back to Congress.
@GrrlScientist
