I’m sure it makes sense in his mind, everyone else, not so much.
On Thursday, Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) compared “climate change” to steroids in sports after Democrats on the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change met with officials from major sports leagues like the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and the United States Olympic Committee behind closed doors.
“Whether it’s the slow death of pond hockey or increasing heat for football practices, global warming is negatively affecting the games we play and the sports we love,” Markey said. “And just like steroids have distorted some of our sports records, carbon pollution is distorting our climate, breaking records and leading to more extreme weather.”
The Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change met with representatives from sports leagues “to discuss the effects of climate change on these leagues and the work the organizations are doing to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.”
The Task Force is co-chaired by Reps. Henry Waxman (R-CA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Ben Cardin (D-MD), and it aims to “to focus congressional and public attention on climate change and to develop effective policy responses” to what they claim is an “urgent challenge.”