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February 13, 2013

SOTU Inspires New Drinking Game

Joe Romm, Climate Progress


Climate Progress

The good news is I have a brand new drinking game. And the “ugly” news is below the jump: All the climate mentions from State of the Union addresses (SOTUs) and joint Congressional addresses from 1992 through 2012, showing that talk has been cheap for a long, long time….

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TAGGED: climate change, SOTU, President Obama

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