Climate Politics
Summer of Heat and Fire Doesn’t Sway Republicans on Climate
As extreme weather grips the US, GOP members of Congress are slow to link it to climate change and sticking with policies that back fossil fuels.
Buildings on the Manhattan skyline shrouded in smoke from Canada wildfires at sunrise, June 7, 2023.
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Record-setting wildfires and deadly heat waves across the globe are providing the most tangible evidence of climate change yet. In fact, 2023 is likely to be the globe’s hottest year ever, according to the non-profit research group Berkeley Earth.
But that’s not motivating Republicans in Congress to want to do much about it.