Nader: Capitol Hill needs substantive climate change debate

The Hill: Lawmakers, notably Democrats, are "running away from the issue" of climate change, consumer advocate and former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader said Tuesday. Nader, who was speaking at a National Press Club event in Washington, D.C., criticized President Obama for giving lip service to the topic in his Democratic National Convention speech earlier this month. "There couldn't have been a more defensive statement by President Obama than to say finally – he didn't mention it in...

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