No doubt, one of the things former Vice President Al Gore expected on Friday was to come face to face with the head in the sand crowd. However, even he was likely a bit surprised when Rep. Blackburn insinuated that the whole purpose of his environmental work is personal greed. This woman is one of the most annoying congresspeople, second only to Michele Bachman. Her insinuation even brought back Gore’s famous sigh and with good reason. She made a fool of herself, which is clear even in the short clip here.
Testifying in front of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Commitee, Nobel laureate and former Vice President Al Gore, founder of The Climate Project, had to deal with the Republican head in the sand crowd. In his statement to the committee Mr. Gore said many things, but one in particular struck my heart:
-This year, a number of groups ranging from the National Audubon Society to the Department of Interior, released the U.S. State of the Birds report showing that nearly a third of the nation’s 800 bird species are endangered, threatened or in significant decline due to habitat loss, invasive species and other threats including climate change. The major shift attributed to the climate crisis related to the migratory patterns and a large shift northward among a vast range of bird species in the U.S.
As much as I love birds, having raised and sheltered peacocks, as well as watching and feeding any number of different species over the years, this one fact alone is worth doing all we can to reverse. But we all, no doubt, have our own personal point of purpose when it comes to reversing global climate change.
It’s really astounding that after all these years ignorant pontificating gas bags like Blackburn still have a job in which they attack people like Al Gore, someone who has given a good deal of his life, time and money to making everyone more aware of global climate change. A purpose that Republicans still refuse to appreciate, regardless of the evidence.
It seems every time a Republican speaks on climate change the world gets dumber and less informed.
Another Republican, Steve Scalise of Louisiana, questioned the scientific basis of some of Mr. Gore’s claims about climate change.
Mr. Gore, clearly exasperated, said, “There are people who still believe that the moon landing was staged on a movie lot in Arizona.”
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