President Obama Slams Climate Deniers on Twitter

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
onApr 25, 2013 @ 14:35 PDT

You don’t see this every day. President Barack Obama used Twitter today to call out climate deniers in Congress who are blocking political action to address climate change.ย 

The tweet links to this video released by Organizing for Action, the 501(c)(4) campaign group that promotes the President’s nationalย agenda.ย 

Brendan DeMelle DeSmog
Brendan is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and energy. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets.

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