Republicans give platform to climate science deniers while planet burns
GOP members used a House hearing on endangered species to peddle the line that more carbon in the atmosphere is a good thing
The climate crisis has become a top issue among Democrats running for president. But many Republican lawmakers are still resistant to the science showing global heating is a serious, manmade problem.
When Democrats in control of the House scheduled a hearing for international scientists to explain their warnings that humans are critically wounding biodiversity on Wednesday, conservative members of Congress called on career climate science deniers to testify alongside them.