This is what fossil fuel extremism looks like
For the GOP, fossil fuels are a religion, and pointing out that they hurt people is blasphemy.
On Thursday, I told you that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shouted out HEATED’s work during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Big Oil’s role in the climate crisis. But I neglected to tell you what happened right before.
Rep. Clay Higgins, a heavily-oil funded Republican representing one of the most flood-prone areas of Louisiana, decided he did not …