Climate change isn't the most bipartisan issue, but climate and energy reporter Zack Colman explains why the United Nations' recent climate report should capture the attention of policymakers.
“We clearly have an issue over climate change,” said Sen. Rick Scott , who said he had looked at the report. “We clearly have to focus on it. But the way to do it is you grow your economy so you have money to invest."
And every Republicans in the Senate except for Susan Collins of Maine voted against an amendment that Sen. Tom Carper attached to the budget bill that called for ambitious action to address “the crisis of climate change." The amendment passed on a 51 to 48 vote. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse , a progressive who has long backed aggressive climate measures, said he wasn't surprised by Republicans' lack of urgency about the report or climate change in general.
“Every time it comes out, it’s another crisis,” he said of the U.N. climate reports. “Every time they’re wrong. I don’t know why people still take it seriously.” Sen. James Lankford echoed that. “I’ve been neck deep in infrastructure and budget stuff,” he said returning from the vote on the infrastructure bill. “I’ll take a look probably at the summary document on it.”
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