{"id":1272,"date":"2009-10-27T14:10:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T19:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2009-10-27T14:10:25","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T19:10:25","slug":"four-signs-that-clean-energy-opponents-are-getting-desperate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2009\/10\/27\/four-signs-that-clean-energy-opponents-are-getting-desperate\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Signs that Clean Energy Opponents are Getting Desperate"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no surprise that some opponents of clean energy legislation are fighting dirty. Big Polluters were always expected to use underhanded tactics, and they\u2019ve managed to live up (or down) to the stereotype. But in the last week or so, the opposition\u2019s pronouncements have veered from merely misleading to downright wacky.<\/p>\n

We like to think it\u2019s a sign of desperation triggered by the other side\u2019s knowledge that they\u2019re losing. However you want to interpret it, here are four quotes that will make your jaw drop:<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania State Senator Daryl Metcalfe<\/h2>\n

As a veteran, I believe that any veteran lending their name to promote the leftist propaganda of global warming and climate change \u2026 is a traitor<\/strong> to the oath he or she took to defend the Constitution of our great nation! Remember Benedict Arnold before giving credibility to a veteran who uses their service as a means to promote a leftist agenda. Drill Baby Drill!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Senator Metcalfe wrote that about Operation Free<\/a>, a group of decorated war veterans who are traveling the country to talk about the importance of energy independence to our national security. Operation Free pointed out that \u201cthe Department of Defense, the Department of State, the National Intelligence Council, and the Central Intelligence Agency have all decided that climate change is a security threat that must be dealt with seriously and honestly\u201d \u2013 but Metcalfe still refuses to apologize<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Senator James Inhofe<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s another secret person going with me. We\u2019re going to have a team of three, a truth squad of three.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Senator Inhofe (R-OK) made that announcement on Bill Bennett\u2019s radio show. (ThinkProgress has the clip<\/a>) Inhofe had already announced that he would travel to Copenhagen to be a \u201cone man truth-squad\u201d during international climate change treaty negotiations. Now we know that John Barrasso is going with him and we\u2019re anxiously awaiting the identity of the third \u201csecret\u201d climate change denier.<\/p>\n

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue<\/h2>\n

Members come and go all the damn time.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Donohue explains why a highly-publicized string<\/a> of companies<\/a> leaving<\/a> the Chamber doesn\u2019t bother him. Politico<\/a> pointed out that rarely, if ever, have so many companies publicly left a business group over a policy disagreement.<\/p>\n

Rush Limbaugh<\/h2>\n

This guy from The New York Times<\/em>, if he really thinks that humanity is destroying the planet, humanity is destroying the climate, that human beings in their natural existence are going to cause the extinction of life on Earth \u2014 Andrew Revkin. Mr. Revkin, why don’t you just go kill yourself and help the planet by dying?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Limbaugh calls for the untimely demise of reporter Andy Revkin, who had the nerve to acknowledge that a rapidly increasing global population is one of the factors contributing to climate change. This hate-filled invective is par for the course for Limbaugh though, so this might not be a sign that the opposition is growing desperate. Either way, you can find a link to the comments on Media Matters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no surprise that some opponents of clean energy legislation are fighting dirty. Big Polluters were always expected to use underhanded tactics, and they\u2019ve managed to live up (or down) to the stereotype. But in the last week or so, the opposition\u2019s pronouncements have veered from merely misleading to downright wacky. 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