So CUTE! Republican Environmentalists Use Romney, Both Bushes In Pro-Earth Ad Push
Conservative and free-market groups have staged a rearguard effort to get the Republican party to accept the dangers of climate change, criticizing climate denialism within the GOP and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. Climate change, and other environmental concerns, are unlikely to receive much, if any, attention during the Republican convention in Cleveland this week. This is despite a slew of temperature records being broken – June was the 14th consecutive month of record heat around the world – and extreme examples of Arctic ice decline and drought and wildfires in the US west.
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A group called the Partnership for Responsible Growth has launched a TV advertisement campaign aimed squarely at conservatives, reminding them of previous Republican acceptance of climate science. The ad, which will run on Fox News throughout the GOP convention in Cleveland this week, shows clips of presidents George W Bush and George HW Bush, as well as former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, outlining the dangers of climate change.
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The Partnership for Responsible Growth calls itself a free-market group that supports putting a price on carbon. Its advisory council includes Ted Roosevelt IV, managing director of investment banking at Barclays Capital, former oil executive William Nitze and retired rear admiral David Titley. The official Republican platform explicitly rejects the idea of a “carbon tax” and commits the party to withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord, which was signed by 195 nations in December. The platform also opposes the regulation of carbon dioxide emissions and rejects the idea that species including gray wolves and sage grouse should be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
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Environmental groups have also hit out at presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has called climate change “bullshit” and a “hoax” invented by the Chinese to weaken America, and Fox News. Friends of the Earth have created an ad that shows a female mock Fox News presenter slowly being submerged by rising sea levels, with the slogan “What will it take for Fox News to admit that humans are changing the climate?” Fox News, which has an underwhelming record when it comes to presenting accurate climate science, refused to run the ad on air.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/20/conservative-groups-republican-party-climate-change-denial?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
