Energy and Environment

Greens criticize lawmakers for about-face on climate change

By Kyle Feldscher
Published December 3, 2015 8:20pm ET
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Greens criticize lawmakers for about-face on climate change
The 10 lawmakers were sponsors on a resolution that stated climate change is real, mankind plays a role in it and effective action needed to be taken against it. The letter accuses them of breaking their vow to take action against climate change by voting to block the Clean Power Plan. (iStock photo)

The leaders of five environmental groups scolded 10 Republican lawmakers who signed onto a resolution promising to act on climate change and then voted to block President Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

The letter to Republican Reps. Ryan Costello, Carlos Curbelo, Michael Fitzpatrick, Chris Gibson, Frank LoBiondo, Patrick Meehan, Tom Reed, Dave Reichert, Illeana Ros-Lehtinen and Elise Stefanik chastises their votes on a Senate resolution to block to Clean Power Plan, which passed the House on Tuesday.

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