Roskamspeak only response to renewable energy advocates

Over 200 Sixth District folks gathered near my Congressman Peter Roskam's office Monday to protest his continued denial of climate change and need to focus on renewable energy solutions. While Roskam's decade long support in Congress of the fossil fuel industry, in lieu of renewable energy, is well known, the protesters' action was promoted by Roskam's support of his 'wild card' Trump, who alludes to roll backs of Obama administration renewable energy programs.

Neither Roskam nor an aide negotiated the few steps from Roskam's office to the protest site. But a Roskam spokesman offered this in defense of Roskam's environmental record:

“American ingenuity has made it possible to rid ourselves of our dependence on foreign oil and eliminate a major national security threat. Each year, new advancements in technology and research allow us to better provide for our energy and security needs while safeguarding our natural resources for the future.”

The fossil fuel lobby, which helps fuel Roskam's lifetime congressional sinecure, loves that version of what we in the district know as Roskamspeak: in this case 49 words that say absolutely nothing of substance to 200 constituents in desperate need of a substantive response to possibly the biggest threat to our long term survival.