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I was waiting for this.:lol:
“This is climate change. We were warned about extreme weather: Not just hot weather, but extreme weather. When I had my hearings, when I had the gavel years ago — it’s been a while — the scientists all agreed that what we’d start to see was extreme weather,” she said, despite reports that global warming stopped in 1998.
“Carbon could cost us the planet,” she added. “The least we could do is put a little charge on it so people move to clean energy.”
“You’re going to have tornadoes and all the rest. We need to protect our people,” Boxer said, without explaining how an additional tax would end severe weather.
“That’s our No. 1 obligation and we have to deal with this threat that is upon us and that is gonna get worse and worse through the years," she added.
Barbara Boxer blames global warming for Oklahoma tornado, calls for carbon tax - National Policy & Issues | Examiner.com
“This is climate change. We were warned about extreme weather: Not just hot weather, but extreme weather. When I had my hearings, when I had the gavel years ago — it’s been a while — the scientists all agreed that what we’d start to see was extreme weather,” she said, despite reports that global warming stopped in 1998.
“Carbon could cost us the planet,” she added. “The least we could do is put a little charge on it so people move to clean energy.”
“You’re going to have tornadoes and all the rest. We need to protect our people,” Boxer said, without explaining how an additional tax would end severe weather.
“That’s our No. 1 obligation and we have to deal with this threat that is upon us and that is gonna get worse and worse through the years," she added.
Barbara Boxer blames global warming for Oklahoma tornado, calls for carbon tax - National Policy & Issues | Examiner.com