{"id":11997,"date":"2019-02-13t20:23:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-13t20:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/democrat-led-house-science-committee-holds-first-hearing-on-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:34","slug":"democrat-led-house-science-committee-holds-first-hearing-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/democrat-led-house-science-committee-holds-first-hearing-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"democrat-led house science committee holds first hearing on climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>by brock hall<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">democrats on the house science, space and technology committee invited experts on wednesday to lay out climate change concerns before their sometimes skeptical republican colleagues in the panel\u2019s first hearing of the new congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cclimate change is real,\u201d said robert kopp, a climate scientist from rutgers university, \u201cit is happening now and humans are responsible for it. the planet is running a fever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>kopp\u2019s testimony matched that of the other academics and think tank experts, each of whom seemed to address their answers to gop lawmakers who have expressed doubts or denial about climate science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwe support a mainstream version of climate science \u2014 nothing to be afraid of,\u201d said joseph majkut, the director of climate policy for the niskanen center, a washington-based think tank focused on market-based solutions.<\/p>\n<p>in some cases, the experts made more pointed arguments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cit saddens me to fly over your state, frankly, because i look down and i see almost no roofs with solar panels on them and you\u2019re just missing a huge opportunity\u201d said jennifer francis, a senior scientist at woods hole research center, a climate-focused research organization in massachusetts, to rep. michael waltz of florida. \u201cand yes, it took some incentives to get the ball rolling down the hill but now the incentives in massachusetts are disappearing and still people are putting solar panels on their roofs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>the panel, convened primarily by the democrats on the committee, underscored the priority the party has placed on making this issue front and center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cthough this administration has regrettably chosen to ignore the findings of its own scientists in regards to climate change, we as lawmakers have a responsibility to protect the public\u2019s interest,\u201d said the committee chairwoman, rep. eddie bernice johnson, d-texas.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">republicans remained mostly unswayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cwe have seen a lot of aspirational goals lately,\u201d said rep. michael waltz, r-fla., referencing the green new deal proposal unveiled last week by rep. alexandria ocasio-cortez, d-n.y., and sen. edward markey, d-mass. \u201ci think we need to be careful about crossing the line from aspirational to outlandish goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>gop lawmakers, including senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, r-ky., have panned the plan, which would require generating 100% of the nation\u2019s power from renewable sources within 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>at least one republican on the committee, however, was receptive to the panelists\u2019 points of view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cas a farmer and an animal scientist i understand the importance of leaving the land healthier than you found it,\u201d said rep. jim baird, r-ind., a freshman congressman with a doctorate in animal science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>democrats on the house science, space and technology committee invited experts on wednesday to lay out climate change concerns before their sometimes skeptical republican colleagues in the panel\u2019s first hearing of the new congress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4916,4899],"tags":[360,144,3840,195,418],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-11997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-climate","category-policy","tag-climate","tag-climate-change","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-politics","tag-science"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- this site is optimized with the yoast seo plugin v23.8 - 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