Ted Cruz to Chair Senate Science Subcommittee

[eastbayjake]

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/12/climate-change-denying-senator-ted-cruz-will-oversee-nasa/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook

[zorrb]

Was pretty sure when I saw this headline on my feed it was an Onion article... nope.

This is one of those things the people don't really think about, and I know I didn't, but it really seems that a lot of the power resides in getting appointed to these committees. And it's something that people don't get to vote on.

[dwd → zorrb]

Seems getting the climate-change deniers into government in Australia was just the test run.

This bodes ill for the future of renewables and carbon reduction.

[spb]

Relevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/154/