David and I caught up with Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) yesterday to talk about climate and energy politics, and the prospects for next Congress. Bingaman is the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. We caught him after he appeared on a panel on "The Future of Environmentalism."
Bingaman stuck to a pragmatic line in his brief talk with Grist, insisting that it would be "presumptuous" for Congress to enact legislation in 2009 that pretends to know what the United States's energy needs will be in 2050. Likewise, he said the Senate would avoid legislation that would "dramatically" raise Americans' utility bills.
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Wolverine Posted 6:48 am
26 Aug 2008
Bingaman stuck to a pragmatic line in his brief talk with Grist, insisting that it would be "presumptuous" for Congress to enact legislation in 2009 that pretends to know what the United States's energy needs will be in 2050. Likewise, he said the Senate would avoid legislation that would "dramatically" raise Americans' utility bills.
These statements from a Democrat explain perfectly why it's not just the Republicans that are the problem. We're talking about greatly reducing or eliminating unnatural emissions into our atmosphere because they're causing major negative impacts to the Earth's climate that will destroy ecosystems, cause land to become submerged, and cause the extinction of species, not to mention what other effects it will have on humans. Energy "needs" in 2050 and Americans' utility bills are minor details in comparison. With Democrats acting like this, who needs Republicans?
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