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From EcoWatch
Summary
- CAP’s analysis found that 23% of elected officials in the 118th United States Congress are climate deniers, with many receiving substantial fossil fuel contributions.
- The fossil fuel industry spreads misinformation to obstruct climate policy and protect their profits, including falsely attributing whale deaths to offshore wind projects.
- The public perception of climate change is shifting, with more Americans becoming alarmed about the climate crisis.
The Center for American Progress (CAP) has periodically analyzed the statements of sitting members of Congress to find out if they deny that human-caused climate change exists.
CAP’s most recent analysis of the 118th United States Congress determined that there are 123 elected officials who are climate deniers — that’s 23 percent of the 535-member total, a press release from the progressive thinktank said.
“It’s definitely concerning,” said Kat So, author of the report and energy and environment campaigns manager at CAP, as The Guardian reported. “It’s harder to deny the science when it’s so much more apparent that the climate is warming, that extreme weather is getting worse and happening constantly. Nobody can deny the science with a straight face, given everything.”
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