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hatrack

(59,442 posts)
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:58 AM Sep 2017

Lindsey Graham Carbon Pricing Blahblah Responsibility To Protect Our Environment Blahblahblahblah

You care about climate about as much as you care about healthcare, you fucking jagoff.

Sen. Lindsey Graham endorsed a "price on carbon" to fight climate change, breaking with much of the Republican Establishment.

Speaking at a climate change conference held by former Secretary of State John Kerry at Yale University, the South Carolina Republican called for a "price on carbon," saying he would take the idea to the White House for consideration.

"I'm a Republican. I believe that the greenhouse effect is real, that CO2 emissions generated by man is creating our greenhouse gas effect that traps heat, and the planet is warming," said Graham, according to a transcript of the video. "A price on carbon—that's the way to go in my view."

Graham said he is working Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, on legislation. Despite the statement, any significant global warming legislation would meet near-certain failure in the Republican-controlled Congress.

EDIT

http://time.com/4947960/lindsay-graham-climate-change-carbon-tax/

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