Earth Equity News

Democrat’s Day of Reckoning Comes for Climate Vote. Politico, 11/3/10. “House Democrats who voted for the 2009 bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions -- dubbed cap-and-tax by GOP opponents – had a terrible [Election] night. Over two dozen lawmakers who favored efforts to clamp down on heat-trapping emissions were swept away on Tuesday's anti-incumbent wave, ushering in a new class of Republicans who doubt global warming science and want to upend President Barack Obama's environmental and energy policies. Democrats who voted for the controversial House climate bill were slaughtered at the ballot box, including Rep. Rick Boucher, the 14-term Virginian who helped broker some of the key deals instrumental to its June 2009 passage. In the Senate, several reliable green advocates also went down to opponents who derided tough new environmental policies.”