The Denier's Club

Denying something in the face of overwhelming evidence is something congress is really good at, particularly when it comes to global warming as seen by the map above. Click on it to go to the interactive version to see how many ostriches exist in the halls of congress. Also check out the monies received by the deniers in charge. Most interesting to say the least.

Climate change is happening, humans are the cause, and a shocking number of congressional Republicans — over 56 percent — deny or question the science. CAP Action conducted a fresh analysis of public statements from current Representatives and Senators from the 114th Congress on climate change. 

It gets better.

All told, 170 elected representatives in the 114th Congress have taken over $63.8 million from the fossil fuel industry that’s driving the carbon emissions which cause climate change. They deny what over 97 percent of scientists say is happening — current human activity creates the greenhouse gas emissions that trap heat within the atmosphere and cause climate change. And their constituents are paying the price, with Americans across the nation suffering 500 climate-related national disaster declarations since 2011.

The pix below shows how one senator can get rather intense when it comes to CC.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska).    Talk Radio News Service

Sanders’ amendment went nowhere. But Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the chair of the committee, used the opportunity to take a shot at climate science. “I do believe that our climate is changing,” she said. “I don’t agree that all the changes are necessarily due solely to human activity.” Murkowski didn’t elaborate on her current thinking about the causes of global warming, but in the past she’s advanced a bizarre theory involving a volcano in Iceland.

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