Highlighted Article: When 'Climate' Isn't About the Climate At All
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- Mar 26, 2020 at 6:00 AM
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- Climate Change
From: The Pipeline
By: Christopher Horner
Date: February 19, 2020
When 'Climate' Isn't About the Climate At All
"Opinion polls confirm that “climate change” is still valiantly holding on in its fight to remain dead as an issue of actionable public concern. Some state attorneys general claim this is because of dark forces, and they will use their law enforcement powers to ensure the public hears only the one, sanctioned Truth. Ominous threats aside, reasons for the rejection are sometimes humorous – polls also show that the public feels it's doing its part by recycling and turning off the lights when leaving a room, so why lard big energy taxes on top?
Still, “climate” is where both parties’ donor bases are. It is an inescapable litmus test for the Democratic party’s increasingly left-wing base. So candidates for the Democratic nomination for president shout about climate being the “challenge of our time,” and “the greatest threat to our national security.”
Spoiler alert: It isn’t." ...
When 'Climate' Isn't About the Climate At All