Ohio Rep. Steve Stivers is a difficult case to dissect. Not much can be found about the congressman's views on climate change--there isn't even a section on his official website referencing the topic.
Back in 2010, in an article on the website NRDC Action Fund, Stivers is quoted saying he "disagrees" with the statement, "Man-made global warming is a scientific fact and immediate action to lower CO2 emissions is necessary to prevent an environmental catastrophe." The article also states that Stivers opposes clean energy.
One article can be found on Stivers' website where he mentions climate change as something that, if proven to be stopped by scientific methods, would still be too hard to combat because of collaboration issues.
"Even if the science would work on cutting back CO2 emissions, it depends on 300 countries around the globe doing exactly the same thing, at the same time, when every individual country has every incentive to cheat," Stivers said in an article written by Katherine Hibbard of the Logan Daily News in 2014.
Fast forward to present day, and Steve Stivers either has no opinion on the topic, or doesn't have time to speak about.
Stivers' press assistant Tim Alford was asked if he could speak about the representative's views on climate change and his answer was, "I'll have to ask to see if I can answer your questions."
A month and a half ago, a letter with more information about the questions was sent to Alford via email at his request.
To this day, there is still no response from the press assistant.
"Even if the science would work on cutting back CO2 emissions, it depends on 300 countries around the globe doing exactly the same thing, at the same time, when every individual country has every incentive to cheat," Stivers said in an article written by Katherine Hibbard of the Logan Daily News in 2014.
Fast forward to present day, and Steve Stivers either has no opinion on the topic, or doesn't have time to speak about.
Stivers' press assistant Tim Alford was asked if he could speak about the representative's views on climate change and his answer was, "I'll have to ask to see if I can answer your questions."
A month and a half ago, a letter with more information about the questions was sent to Alford via email at his request.
To this day, there is still no response from the press assistant.
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| Rep. Steve Stivers, Republican, 15th District of Ohio |
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What I learned from this project is that it can be extremely difficult to reach people in government. I also learned you have to be persistent. Unfortunately, the video-Skype or phone interview with the press assistant never took place--even at the expense of a mere five minutes of his time.
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| Kyle Samec - Reporter |
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