From Climate Warehouse
Mark Morano
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/11/hurricanes-republicans-climate-change-no-change-in-position-00183439
Emma Duman
Two major hurricanes hitting the same region of the United States within weeks of each other have done little to bolster support among a majority of congressional Republicans for tougher action on climate change.
After Hurricanes Helen and Milton devastated swathes of the Southwest and continued to highlight the limitations of federal disaster relief funding, Republicans overall remain unprepared to change the way they respond to and respond to natural disasters, research shows. growing up.
Their reasons range from questioning the science to offering different solutions than what advocates and other experts say are needed. Most Republicans don’t see climate change as a crisis, and the storm didn’t change that.
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Webster was one of 42 House and Senate Republicans contacted by POLITICO's E&E News this week to ask if they believed global warming was exacerbating the severity of storms and whether they would prompt lawmakers to support reducing greenhouse gas emissions. —Many of which are greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ultimately, only three House Republicans and one Republican senator — Marco Rubio of Florida — responded to the requests. None of them attributed the intensity of the storm to climate change.
Gabrielle Lipsky, a spokesperson for Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), said: “Congresswoman Mace is a strong advocate for bipartisan action on extreme weather and clean energy issues, but She’s also clear-eyed about Biden-Harris and the left’s reckless climate spending.
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