“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”
Washington Examiner (8/6/21) reports: "In Pennsylvania, it has become evident that there is no consensus on the role human activity plays in climate change. In fact, scientists who have testified before the state legislature have informed elected officials that natural influences are largely responsible for recent warming trends...That’s not what Gov. Tom Wolf wants to hear as he continues to push for new regulations that would enroll Pennsylvania into a multistate climate change agreement known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. But that’s what geologists and climatologists made clear during a Pennsylvania House hearing in July...The testimony disputing Wolf’s climate change prognostications comes at a time when a growing number of lawmakers are questioning the economic feasibility of RGGI and the legality of unilateral executive actions on climate change...'Pennsylvania has become a premier energy state in the past decade, and the benefits of that distinction redound across the commonwealth,' Jordan McGillis, the deputy director of policy with the Institute for Energy Research. 'That this bill was supported by six of Gov. Wolf's own Democrats in the state Senate speaks to the broad appreciation Pennsylvanians have for the ability to produce, refine, and, of course, utilize affordable energy products.'"
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