https://www.wired.com/story/finally-climate-science-returns-to-capitol-hill/

Climate science made a big comeback on Capitol Hill yesterday, with two separate hearings underway on the same day that NOAA declared 2018 the fourth-hottest year on record and revealed that climate-related weather events caused $91 billion in damages to the US economy.

The last time that climate change was discussed by Congress in a serious way was back in 2010, during the final days of Democratic control of the House of Representatives. But unlike those years-ago hearings, what distinguished Wednesday’s events in Washington was that accepted climate science was front and center: There was no disputing the fact that the Earth’s climate is rapidly changing and that human activity is to blame. The governors of two states showed up to urge members of Congress to take the issue seriously. Meanwhile, the climate skepticism—and sometimes outright denial—that has dominated congressional hearings for the past decade was presented as a minority view, as it is among the scientific community.