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In the year 2022, with the science behind what’s causing the climate crisis – and the need for urgent action to deal with it – absolutely overwhelming, the following example of outright, unabashed climate science denial should be an automatic disqualifier for any candidate for public office in America or political party. In this case, that would be the Virginia Republican Party, which – as Sarah Vogelsong of the Virginia Mercury reports – had a “breakout session at the weekend’s Republican Advance” on “defeating wokeism: Virginia Clean Economy Act.” WTF? That’s right, believe it or not, the Virginia Republican Party appears to believe that protecting the environment, or they might call it “god’s creation,” from damage and destruction is now an example of “wokeism,” whatever they mean by that word.
So here we have a presentation at the VA GOP’s “Advance” falsely claiming that “CO2 IS NOT ‘POLLUTION’” (spoiler: when CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere get too high, it most certainly IS pollution…and This has been known by scientists since the late 1800s!); falsely claiming that “THERE IS NO ‘CLIMATE CRISIS’” (Reality: “A 2019 review of scientific papers found the There must be a consensus at 100% on the cause and effect of climate change.A 2021 study concluded that More than 99% agree on climate change being caused by humans in scientific papers“); that the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) is “NONSENSE,” “MASS PSYCHOSIS – LIKE PROHIBITION,” etc. VCEA is actually an attempt to accelerate Virginia’s transition to clean energy. This is inevitable due to the fact that Virginia has a lot of renewable energy. The rising costs of clean energy are causing a drop in pricesAs well as the multitudeFossil fuel addiction has negative economic, national security, and health consequences. In sum, the VA Republican Party is wildly wrong about this existential issue, and in a sane/educated world, that alone would be an absolute, automatic disqualification from any member of that party holding public office – ever, anywhere.
P.S. Former UVA Professor Michael Mann He wrote that “the initial war of disinformation against climate science is now essentially over,”As “the scientific evidence has become impossible to dispute in light of the dramatic increases in extreme weather events, megafires and polar melting in recent years,” and that nowadays, “The plutocrats who are tied to the fossil fuel industry are engaging in a new climate war—this time to prevent meaningful action.” In this case, there’s no doubt that the Republicans and their fossil fuel industry allies are attempting to “prevent meaningful action,” which is horrific enough, but they’re also still denying the scientific evidence itself, even as it’s become “impossible to dispute” by anyone serious. How can a bizarre, ignorant and nihilistic party such as this be taken seriously??
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