January 13, 2015

Ted Cruz Takes Space And Marco Rubio Takes Earth: How The Senate Flip Could Undermine Science

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/13/3610709/ted-cruz-marco-rubio-climate-research/
"The reversal of the U.S. Senate’s majority party is falling into place, and there is reason for concern over how new committee chairs will influence the agencies they oversee. Right now two big reasons are garnering the most attention: Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) will chair the subcommittee that oversees NASA, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) will chair to the subcommittee that oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Both have gone on record denying human-caused climate change."