( - promoted by Fong)
In 2008 I was feeling tentatively optimistic about the climate. Every show I watched on Discovery was about how to live more "green" and they even went so far as to launch their own network on the subject. Certainly we were going to do something about climate change in this country, right?
Fast forward three years and barely anyone talks about the environment anymore. In fact a survey taken showed disbelief in the science to be steadily climbing as the economy got worse. Basically people didn't want to pay to fix the environment, but didn't want to say that. Instead people decided they didn't believe in climate change. After Copenhagen, it was pretty clear that no one was willing to go to bat on the climate.
As someone who is new to politics in Colorado, this leads me to wonder whether this will turn out to be a positive development for Democrats in the state. If the climate is pretty much off the table and the environment is a non-issue, doesn't this clear off a point of contention for a mining state? Will those that are relatively inclined to vote Democrat, but put off by threats to their mining employment for example be comforted that no one is really even mentioning the environment these days?
Does the Democratic disinterest in this issue bode well for Democrats in Colorado? |
