Many Republicans in Congress and elsewhere have recklessly politicized and denied climate change. However, they have a serious problem. Climate change impacts Republicans as well as Democrats. It does not discriminate. Dishonesty and delusion are trumped by reality.
The obvious marked increase in the frequency, scale and intensity of extreme weather events like the wildfires and heat domes affects individuals and communities, regardless of politics and ideology.
The time is many decades overdue to honestly and effectively face climate reality and to more rapidly transition from fossil fuels to renewable clean energy, including solar, wind and wave.
Extreme weather events are causing death and suffering, disrupting and changing lives, increasing expenses, and things will only get worse. Future generations will be impacted for centuries and likely millennia.
Republicans in Congress and elsewhere need to not only wake up to reality, but act responsibly and morally for a change.
Leslie Sponsel
Hawaii Kai
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