Say what you will about the National Rifle Association’s take-no-prisoners approach to gun control, it has been ruthlessly successful. Despite a spate of mass shootings, the…
Say what you will about the National Rifle Association’s take-no-prisoners approach to gun control, it has been ruthlessly successful. Despite a spate of mass shootings, the gun lobby has blocked any major federal restrictions on firearms since the now-lapsed assault weapons ban in 1994.
Now it’s time for climate activists, businesses harmed by global warming, and everyone else who cares about the fate of the Earth and future generations to take a page from the NRA playbook.
A climate superlobby is exactly what’s needed to convince a still-doubtful segment of the public, mobilize voters, strong-arm recalcitrant lawmakers — and, perhaps most important, raise the money necessary to make all of this happen.
True, if this were easy, it would have happened already. It’s a heavy lift to hammer out cooperation among the nation’s Balkanized environmental groups and regulation-averse corporate interests. But what’s happening now isn’t working. And time is running out.
