Climate Change Needs A SuperLobby

NRA-style superlobby is what America needs to fight climate change; As the federal global warming report released on Black Friday shows, time is running out on rescuing Earth: Our view

Editorial, November 28, 2018 (USA Today)

“…[The National Rifle Association's take-no-prisoners approach to gun control] has been ruthlessly successful…[It is] time for climate activists, businesses harmed by global warming, and everyone else who cares about the fate of the Earth and future generations to take a page from the NRA playbook…[A climate superlobby is] needed to convince a still-doubtful segment of the public, mobilize voters, strong-arm recalcitrant lawmakers — and, perhaps most important, raise the money necessary to make all of this happen…It's a heavy lift to hammer out cooperation among the nation's Balkanized environmental groups and regulation-averse corporate interests. But what's happening now isn't working. And time is running out…[Industries hurt by climate change — including insurance and re-insurance, health care, agriculture, recreation and real estate] stand to lose tens of billions if even moderate climate change occurs…A climate superlobby could draw on tens of millions…The reality is that when the NRA speaks, Washington listens. There's no reason the save-the-planet movement can't carry that kind of clout.” click here for more

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