Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), a longtime advocate for action to address climate change, blasted climate deniers in general and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in particular in a speech on the Senate floor yesterday afternoon. Whitehouse offered a withering criticism of the "deliberate and coordinated" efforts of the fossil fuel industry and conservative ideologues and foundations to fuel the climate change denier movement.