Senate amends Keystone XL bill to say that climate change is real
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028582
Science : The US Senate voted 98 to 1 to approve an amendment to the Keystone XL Pipeline bill that says climate change is real and not a hoax . Proposed by Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the amendment was one of several put forward by opponents of the pipeline, which would bring oil from Canada to the US. However, it was the only one to be approved. Other amendments that further stated that climate change was directly influenced by human activity and pollution had also been proposed. The Keystone XL bill is heavily supported by Republicans, many of whom have dodged the issue of climate change by saying they aren’t scientists. Some, such as James Inhofe (R-OK), had called climate change a “hoax” in the past. Before the vote, Inhofe clarified that statement by saying the hoax is that people think that humanity can change the climate.
