Will Southern Floods Force Republicans to Accept Climate Change?
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Houston is still reeling from floods which killed eight people this week. It's just one in a series of storms recently to hit the Gulf Coast and many Red States in the South, where Republican mayors of hard-hit cities are calling for their party to stop dismissing climate change science and to combat rising seas. Will the Republican top brass come around?
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| 0:49.4 | This week's deadly storms along the Gulf Coast |
| 0:51.7 | have devastated Houston and follow record-breaking spring floods throughout the South. |
| 0:56.3 | Some red state mayors of cities affected by rising seas are now breaking ranks with party leadership |
| 1:01.4 | and calling for policies to combat global warming. |
| 1:04.9 | But are extreme weather events enough to budge top Republican leaders from their staunch denial of climate change science. |
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| 2:00.7 | Just ahead, Houston is still reeling from floods, which killed eight this week. It's This is to the point on Barbara Bogave in for Warren Olney. |
| 2:04.4 | Just ahead, Houston is still reeling from floods, which killed eight this week. |
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