Is ‘Climategate’ Moving Votes?
Ben Geman, talking to the senators who’ll decide whether or not to bring cap-and-trade to the floor, reports that it isn’t. And in another report, he finds the EPA blowing off the scandal.
The stolen e-mails CRU scandal came amid a decrease in public concern about — and belief in — climate change. It’s provided great grist for skeptics, bolstered by talk radio and Fox News. But it’s unclear how much it’s hurt the chances for new legislation, which was already bogged down in the Senate.
