We don’t have much time until climate change upends our world forever.
That’s the basic conclusion of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group made up of climate policy experts from around the globe. Earlier this week, the IPCC released a report stating that the impacts of climate change are already being felt, and that if we are to avoid the very worst dangers of climate change, we must act now.
You know where I stand on climate change – it is an existential threat that demands our immediate attention. We need to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. We need to invest in renewable forms of energy. And above all, we need to follow the science. Yesterday, I earned another score of 100% from the League of Conservation Voters for my continuing environmental work in Congress.
Unfortunately, climate deniers have not been shy about their stance either.
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard a case in which Republican state officials teamed up with coal companies to try to stop the EPA from regulating harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Fossil fuel lobbyists poured into Washington to downplay the threat of climate change. Their goal? To convince the Supreme Court to weaken environmental protections, so that they can keep raking in profits.
Corporate lobbyists aren’t climate experts. The real experts have unified around one unmistakable fact: climate change threatens us all. And John, we’re almost out of time to counter the threat.
We can’t afford to jeopardize our Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. If Republicans take control of Congress in November, the fossil fuel companies will once again descend on Washington to drive Republican policies. We don’t have time for those deadly games.
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