Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: ‘Democrats have never taken climate change as seriously as they should’

Rhode Island Democrat talks to the Guardian about the president’s climate record and targeting oil industry’s ‘Achilles heel’

For nine years, US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat representing Rhode Island since 2007, made weekly speeches called “Time To Wake Up” urging the Senate to take action on the climate emergency.

Whitehouse spoke about the devastating effects of global heating on different parts of the US as well as the world’s oceans. He also warned about the influence of corporate “dark money” undermining American democracy, including by fossil fuel companies resisting action on the climate crisis.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/25/senator-sheldon-whitehouse-climate-crisis

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