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Global Warming and National Security
Despite a Republican boycott, Democrats today jammed a cap-and-trade climate change bill though the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Chairwoman Barbara Boxer of California said the Republican demand was " duplicative and a waste of taxpayer dollars ."
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readDespite a Republican boycott, Democrats today jammed a cap-and-trade climate change bill though the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Chairwoman Barbara Boxer of California said the Republican demand was "duplicative and a waste of taxpayer dollars." With just a month until a United Nations conference in Copenhagen, they wanted to show the world that Congress is ready for action on global warming. Republicans, and some Democrats, are worried about the cost of mandatory limits on heat-trapping gases, so supporters have raised a new question: Do melting icecaps, violent storms, rising sea levels and drought threaten global stability and America's national security?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Katie Cooper
Producer, 'One year Later'
Darren Samuelsohn
Senior White House Correspondent for Politico
James Carafano
Heritage Foundation
Geoffrey Dabelko
Director, Woodrow Wilson Center's Environmental Change and Security Program
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