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Here Are All the Senators Who Do and Don’t Believe in Human-Caused Climate Change

United States Senators stood up for what they believed in today–and it wasn’t pretty.

During a debate over construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, intended to carry oil from Canada to the United States, the Senate voted on an amendment–just for show, really–on whether climate change "is real and not a hoax." Easy question–everyone said yes, it’s real. (Well, not everyone. Good job, Senator Roger Wicker, Republican from Mississippi1. You do not believe science.) But then Brian Schatz, Democrat from Hawaii, decided to push the issue. He introduced another amendment adding that human activity was a significant contributor to the aforementioned climate change. And the Senate voted again.

Victoria Tang

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2015/01/senators-dont-believe-human-caused-climate-change

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