"It is nearly 27 years now since a NASA scientist testified before the US Senate that the agency was 99% certain that rising global temperatures were caused by the burning of fossil fuels. And the Senate still has not got it – based on the results of three symbolic climate change votes on Wednesday night.
The Senate voted virtually unanimously that climate change is occurring and not, as some Republicans have said, a hoax – but it defeated two measures attributing its causes to human activity."
Suzanne Goldenberg reports for the Guardian January 22, 2015.
SEE ALSO:
"Republicans Outfox Democrats on Climate Votes" (Politico)
"Senate Votes That Climate Change Is Real" (The Hill)
"Senate Says Climate Change Real, But Doesn't Agree on Cause" (AP)
"Senate Democrats Play Offense on Climate Change Ahead of 2016" (Bloomberg)
"'Climate Change Is Real And Not a Hoax,' Senate Overwhelmingly Decides" (Los Angeles Times)
"Time To Break Out the Cots for A KXL All-Nighter?" (E&E Daily)
"Republicans Defiant After Obama Mocks Their Stance on Science" (Greenwire)
"US Senate Fails To Accept Humanity's Role in Climate Change, Again"
Source: Guardian, 01/22/2015