John McCain sponsored the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act of 2003
that passed the Senate. So he clearly used to be on the side of science.
Over time, though, he seems to have flipflopped.
In a February 2010 Arizona radio interview, after the host had made lengthy
comments claiming that “80 percent” of global warming science “is based on
fraud and misinformation,” McCain, who had previously countered such
inaccurate statements, made no correction. He also denied ever having
supported cap-and-trade.
He has also called the Waxman-Markey bill in the House (which was very
similar to McCain-Lieberman) "appear[ing] to be a cap & tax bill that I
won't support"
So I am not so sure McCain is much of a climate champion any more.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Baldwin,EC <E.C.Baldwin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Shouldn't John McCain be on the list? He's sponsored acts in the past.
On the organisational issue, "slack" is excellent for team work. It's an
enhancement of IRC, allowing you to peel off into separate conversations,
attach files, etc, while keeping out of people's inboxes, so people can dip
in and out as works for them (you can @ individuals if you do need their
attention). I think a lot of companies use it internally, so it must be
fairly secure.
Elizabeth Baldwin
Sent from my phone -- apologies for any typos
On 8 Dec 2016 20:31, Ashley Camhi <alcamhi@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Would anyone be willing to reach out to notable professors in these three
states to get them to join the listserve? That way we can begin to have a
coordinated effort. I am not sure that as we continue a listserve is the
best way to organize, but I think it is good for our initial discussions.
If you have thoughts of a better mode of communication (e.g. closed
facebook page or something to that nature) I would be more than happy to
put something together.
Ashley
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Shana McDermott <shanamcdermott@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I recently became involved with Citizens Climate Lobby and they seem to be
(relatively) successful in their use of techniques that Rick mentioned i.e.
craft articles for public news media develop legislative contacts at the
federal level. With this in mind, I am willing to write articles for my
local/regional newspaper and meet with local representatives. If others are
also interested in also doing this, then perhaps:
1. it would be a good idea to make a list of possible high-impact
newspaper article ideas. Or run ideas by each other on this forum.
2. those who have experience effectively communicating with a
political representative could provide insights and tips on how to proceed.
This is especially relevant and timely for people in ME and OH who could
contact Susan Collins or Rob Portman as Tom mentioned.
Shana
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Thomas Lyon <tplyon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Following up on my own post, I found this article from just before the
election: https://thinkprogress.org/these-republican-lawmake
rs-are-turning-to-climate-action-to-help-keep-their-
seats-7b9b3893c9de#.x5f51vi5t
It indicates that the following Republican Senators have broken with their
party's head-in-the-sand denialism on climate:
Lindsey Graham (SC)
Mark Kirk (IL)
Kelly Ayotte (NH)
Susan Collins (ME)
Rob Portman (OH)
Mark Kirk and Kelly Ayotte lost to Democrats, so the obvious Senators to
target are
Lindsey Graham
Susan Collins
Rob Portman
Tom
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Thomas Lyon <tplyon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I heard on the news today that Senator Schatz (D-HI) is going to grill
Pruitt and make his confirmation difficult. Since the filibuster has been
eliminated for Cabinet appointments, confirmations will stand on a majority
vote. However, the new Senate will have 48 Democrats, so it will take just
3 Republican Senators to vote NO on Pruitt.
If we could identify 3 Republican Senators who are not climate deniers and
lobby them hard...who knows?
Tom
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Rick Casey <caseyrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is one idea I had:
Inside the EPA administration, can we identify those next in the chain of
command, and communicate to the concerned academic community how we might
begin communicating with them on how to resist the faulty policy directives
that are sure to come from this new director.
In other words, this would be an infiltration action taken for the good of
the people and the environment. I suspect much of the staff at the EPA will
not like these policy directives either, and will want to actively resist
implementing them. I am wondering if the academic community can build
public support for them, by publicizing and criticizing the directives and
the specific EPA staff that are instructed to carry them out. This could be
a combination of articles in public news media, contact with legislative
representatives at all levels of government, and other regulatory agencies,
to make the public as aware as possible how ill advised and unpopular the
policies actually are.
The analogy is to war crimes, where soldiers have the right to resist
criminal orders from commanding officers. Another analogy is the Irish
resistance that actively infiltrated the British police during its
occupation of northern Ireland, in order to get intelligence on planned
actions, and anticipate them.
Just a thought....
Rick Casey
Lafayette, CO
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Ashley Camhi <alcamhi@xxxxxxx> wrote:
As many of you know the new head of the EPA was announced yesterday -
Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma Attorney General.
Here are a few reference articles:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/20
16/12/07/trump-names-scott-pruitt-oklahoma-attorney-general-
suing-epa-on-climate-change-to-head-the-epa/?utm_term=.676974035f44
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-e
pa-trump.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&ac
tion=click&contentCollection=earth®ion=rank&module=packag
e&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/opinion/an-enemy-of-the-ep
a-to-head-it.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=s
tory-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion
-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0
I really think this is a good group for discussion and action. It would be
great to get this conversation started up once again now that we know who
will be in charge. Now let's think about what we can do.
Thanks,
Ashley
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Center for Biology & Society
EcoServices Lab
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
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Ross School of Business
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University of Michigan
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Ross School of Business
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
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Center for Biology & Society
EcoServices Lab
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
