EcoWatch: On paper at least, Texas Senator and declared 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz is an intelligent man. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University where he was a debate champion. He went onto Harvard Law School where he graduated magna cum laude and was primary editor of the Harvard Law Review.
But when Cruz talks about the climate, many people feel he sounds like the most ignorant and fact-challenged of his far-right followers.
Last week, as destructive floods swept his home state,...