Interior secretary blames Congress for lack of action on climate change
Source: Washington Post
The Energy 202: Interior secretary blames Congress for lack of action on climate change
By Dino Grandoni
May 8 at 8:12 AM
He acknowledged climate change is real. He acknowledged that humans are contributing to it.
So why, Democratic lawmakers asked David Bernhardt, isn't he doing more to address global warming?
Apparently, because Congress hasn't told him to.
During his first testimony to Congress since becoming interior secretary, Bernhardt said it is up to lawmakers to direct bureaucrats like himself to address the causes and effects of warming globally.
The punt back to lawmakers is likely to frustrate House Democrats who are trying to hold the administration's feet to the fire on climate change, since they know that any significant climate-related legislation to emerge from their chamber is likely to be rejected by either the president or the GOP-controlled Senate. At the same time, Democrats have only passed a single climate bill — one keeping the United States in the Paris climate accord — since taking the the majority.
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Democrats have been hammering about Climate Change for years...Where has this dickhead been?
