The body will not be empowered to create legislation, but will investigate climate change and energy independence with an eye towards creating a record which will support future policymaking. 44 Republicans supported this committee. Perhaps the 150 opponents hope that we can address the problem by ignoring it.
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I'm really glad that there is more and more movement in this direction -- both because it's an incredibly important issue and because it's an Al Gore issue. Somehow this feels a bit like karma or like a happy ending afterall.
Climate change a problem? Only if you think it should never change.