Why Moscow Mitch Is America's Most Insidious And Dangerous Climate Villain
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In many ways, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is indistinguishable from most of his Republican colleagues on climate change. He now reluctantly accepts that warming is human-caused, but denies that it is an urgent problem. He opposes regulations that would limit carbon dioxide emissions. And he supports policies that would increase greenhouse gases, and thus actively worsen the climate crisis.
But those things don’t capture why McConnell holds so much blame for climate inaction in the United States, said Bill McKibben, a noted environmentalist who has spent the last 30 years advocating for climate action at the federal level. “The real McConnell legacy is two-fold,” he said. “There’s never been the slightest chance of meaningful climate legislation reaching the Senate floor for a vote while he’s held power, and he’s packed the federal judiciary with judges — beginning with the fraudulent holdup of Merrick Garland — that means the chance for the judicial branch dealing with this crisis are slimmer than they should be.”
In addition to taking two of the three branches of government out of the climate fight, McConnell has also given fossil fuel interests disproportionate power over U.S. elections. And when climate legislation has gained traction despite the obstacles McConnell put in its way, McConnell has stepped in to deliver the death blow.
More than any other American political figure, McConnell has helped ensure the unlimited flow of dark money in politics. “His crusade against campaign finance reform culminated in the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling eliminating limits on corporate spending on elections, which Mr. McConnell followed up by blocking legislation to disclose the identity of large donors,” McConnell biographer Alec MacGallis wrote in a 2018 New York Times op-ed.
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