Union chief (Trumka) : Congress controlled by 'climate change deniers'

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http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/203875-afl-cio-chief-congress-effectively-controlled-by-climate-change-deniers

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Thursday that climate change deniers call the shots in Congress.

“It is clear that as long as Congress is effectively controlled by climate change deniers, all of us — investors, companies, workers and the broader public — must take action ourselves,” Trumka said.

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He said the collapse of global warming legislation has prompted the labor federation to seek other means to spur investments in climate-friendly technologies. The federation backed the sweeping climate bill that passed the House in 2009, but climate legislation collapsed in the Senate the following year and remains politically moribund amid GOP control of the House and the Democrats' slim Senate majority.

“So a year ago, as the climate bill failed in Congress, as the jobs crisis deepened and as workers’ pension funds continued to suffer from microscopic fixed-income yields, the American labor movement decided we couldn’t wait — we had to act to help advance profitable, risk-weighted investments that would create jobs and address climate change,” he said, according to prepared remarks.
http://aflcio.org/mediacenter/prsptm/1122012.cfm