wobblies
Mayor
This is a good article on the position of the nation's governors on climate change. This quote is telling:
"Fifteen out of twenty-nine sitting Republican governors deny climate science despite the overwhelming level of scientific consensus, the enormous cost to taxpayers, and the critical place governors occupy in implementing new limits on carbon pollution. None of the country’s Democratic governors have made public statements denying climate change."
Forty to fifty years ago, the environmental movement was in its infancy. Political sectors such as Communists and Socialists were by and large opposed to taking it up as an issue. These were the folks that insisted that class struggle was the primary issue facing the country along with ongoing wars and civil rights. The most enlightened group were non-political types not blinded by political rhetoric. The worst group was Conservatives except a minority that took the name of their political philosophy seriously. Many Liberals were very good on the issue.
That makeup of political views has obviously changed in recent years accept that most Conservatives are even worse because there is so much evidence now of the problem, hence the name 'deniers'. There are a lot of issues out there that have catastrophic implications, but the environment sits at the very top, yet these people are so busy cozying up to big money that they sellout their children's birthright to our oligarchy. It is sad.
God Speed,
David
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/20...ype--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id~~
"Fifteen out of twenty-nine sitting Republican governors deny climate science despite the overwhelming level of scientific consensus, the enormous cost to taxpayers, and the critical place governors occupy in implementing new limits on carbon pollution. None of the country’s Democratic governors have made public statements denying climate change."
Forty to fifty years ago, the environmental movement was in its infancy. Political sectors such as Communists and Socialists were by and large opposed to taking it up as an issue. These were the folks that insisted that class struggle was the primary issue facing the country along with ongoing wars and civil rights. The most enlightened group were non-political types not blinded by political rhetoric. The worst group was Conservatives except a minority that took the name of their political philosophy seriously. Many Liberals were very good on the issue.
That makeup of political views has obviously changed in recent years accept that most Conservatives are even worse because there is so much evidence now of the problem, hence the name 'deniers'. There are a lot of issues out there that have catastrophic implications, but the environment sits at the very top, yet these people are so busy cozying up to big money that they sellout their children's birthright to our oligarchy. It is sad.
God Speed,
David
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/20...ype--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id~~
