Climate Changed
Democrats Put GOP in Hot Seat With a Month of Climate Hearings
- Newly empowered party holds two hearings Wednesday on issue
- Republicans try out new responses: ‘climate change is real’
The U.S. Capitol building stands at sunset in Washington, D.C.
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Democrats kicked off a month of congressional hearings on global warming, a focus meant to put Republicans on the defensive and showcase the need for action amid devastating storms, raging wildfires and intense heat waves.
The hearings -- at least nine are planned -- come as Democrats use their new majority in the House of Representatives to highlight climate change. They are betting voters will side with them on the issue rather than President Donald Trump and others who have dismissed it as a hoax.