The Congressional System vs. the Solar System

What part of “our planet’s future is in your hands” do our congresspersons not understand? 

Despite the tendency of certain Administrations to have scientific truth rewritten by public relations professionals, the knowledge that carbon emissions must be greatly reduced on both national and planetary scales has become rooted in the national consciousnesses in recent years.  For some time now, our response to the guy in the local bar whose favorite line is “this global warming nonsense” has been:  just because a piece of news is unwelcome, it doesn’t mean it’s untrue… 

From Here to There… 

We have to believe that if a barfly can be made to understand the overarching need for emissions reductions, there’s a good chance that a preponderance of lawmakers in Washington already do.  And yet, the events in our nation’s capital in recent weeks have given us cause to wonder whether a number of them have checked their understanding on the Capitol steps.  Because what started as a great idea by President Obama to reduce carbon emissions and create a clean energy industry full of green jobs has become, in Congressional hands, an exercise in satisfying short-term priorities and local business concerns.   (more…)