FLOODS DROWN TEXAS CLIMATE CHANGE DENIAL

Texas flooding puts Cruz, GOP in bind on climate change

Alexandra Jaffe, May 27, 2015 (CNN)

"The heavy flooding that's overwhelmed Texas and killed more than 30 people has put [Republican climate change deniers] in a bind…[Some] have shown an openness to acknowledging and offering proposals to combat climate change, while others continue to question the scientific consensus that humans are contributing to it…[M]ost in the Republican Party have in recent history virulently opposed government regulations meant to tackle climate change…Republicans could find themselves in a bind on climate change this cycle, caught between coal-country voters and energy industry players, typically some of the GOP's biggest supporters, and a building national and scientific consensus that climate change is real and the government needs to do something about it…A New York Times/Stanford University poll in January found that an overwhelming majority of Americans, and fully 48% of Republicans, said they were more likely to back a candidate that supports fighting climate change…That bind will only become tougher to navigate if natural disasters, like the flooding in Texas, continue…” click here for more

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