Unless you live in Florida, and many still then, you are probably going “who?”
Karen Castor named to lead restored House panel on climate change
The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, has appointed the Florida representative Kathy Castor to lead a special committee on climate change that will be reinstated in the new Congress.
The climate panel is similar to one that Pelosi created when Democrats last controlled the House, from 2007 to 2011. It was eliminated when Republicans took the majority.
Pelosi, the likely House speaker, said Castor brings experience, energy and “urgency to the existential threat of the climate crisis†facing the US and the world. Castor is set to begin her seventh term representing the Tampa Bay area and serves on the energy and commerce committee.
“Congresswoman Castor is a proven champion for public health and green infrastructure, who deeply understands the scope and seriousness of this threat. Her decades of experience in this fight, both in Florida and in the Congress, will be vital,†Pelosi said.
I’ve focused on this issue on this blog for over a decade, and her name never comes up. Oh, and Pelosi made this announcement while in Hawaii, for which she took a long fossil fueled flight, and you can bet it wasn’t commercial.
Hilariously, the name for the committee is
Hilarious new name for the House global warming committee. https://t.co/KFwOozJO32
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) December 28, 2018
This is to deal with the existential threat or something. But, hey, this should make Progressives happy, right? Nope
Castor also refused to mandate that all committee members reject political contributions from fossil fuel companies, saying it would violate the First Amendment.
Progressives, including Ocasio-Cortez’s office, already are criticizing the new panel as an insufficient step forward.
“This committee, if it turns out that the rumors about it are true, sounds about as useful as a screen door on a submarine,†said Corbin Trent, a spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez. “As it’s portrayed it’s going to be completely incapable of solving the greatest threat to human kind.â€
He blamed Democratic leaders for not listening to the demands from incoming freshman focused on addressing climate change.
A lot of these far, far, far left nutters are upset.
