Teens sue federal government over climate change inaction

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6. McCloskey Was a GOPer

Just to set the record straight, McCloskey was in the GOP when he was in Congress - yes, at the same time he co-chaired the 1st Earth Day, wrote the Endangered Species Act, and called for the impeachment of Richard Nixon (the first Congressperson of either party to demand this, despite the fact that this President was from his own party). Still a GOPer in 2005, he came out of retirement and bludgeoned the hated/corrupt Rep Richard Pombo in a primary challenge so badly he lost a gerrymandered "safe" Republican seat to a Dem unknown. Shortly after that, and fed up with GOP, McCloskey became a Democrat. Yes, they don't make Republicans like they used to - McCloskey, though fiscally conservative, was more socially progressive than 95% of his Dem colleagues.