Jilani writes: "The Republican presidential candidates were asked about the Super Bowl but not the future of the planet Saturday night - there were no questions about climate change or global warming in the debate in St. Anselm College in New Hampshire."
Demonstrators participate in a rally to stop climate change. (photo: Francois Guillot/Getty Images)
09 February 16
he Republican presidential candidates were asked about the Super Bowl but not the future of the planet Saturday night — there were no questions about climate change or global warming in the debate in St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.
Angelo Carusone, who works for pro-Hillary Clinton groups American Bridge and Media Matters, offered one possible reason why: The debate was sponsored by Big Oil:
Vote4Energy is a campaign of the American Petroleum Institute, the fossil fuel industry’s enormously powerful lobbying and trade association.
