{"id":51,"date":"2007-03-29T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2007-03-29T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/03\/29\/the_hill_2007\/"},"modified":"2008-04-22T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T19:04:04","slug":"the_hill_2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/03\/29\/the_hill_2007\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hill: This Year versus Last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had an encouraging experience on Monday and Tuesday. I visited our nation&#8217;s capitol to speak with some House members and their staff about climate change.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When I did this last year, it was an uphill battle. I had to constantly defend the scientific facts of global warming, leaving almost no time for a discussion of solutions.<\/p>\n<p>This visit was like night and day. I spoke with members from both sides of the aisle, and there was unanimous agreement about the science. 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