bipartisanship! A bunch of Republicans and Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives got together and came to a shocking bipartisan agreement: Climate change is a thing. And boy is it going to cost us. A newly-minted subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and Commerce held its first hearing on Wednesday, looking at the environmental and economic consequences of climate change. And that’s a big deal: The Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change had not held a hearing on climate change in six years, after a long drought under GOP control. Throughout the subcommittee hearing there was a constant theme: the high cost of inaction. “Some of our colleagues may protest the cost of climate protection,” said Representative Paul Tonko, a Democrat from New York, in his opening statement. Tonko noted that Americans are already suffering the costs of wildfires, storms, and flooding. “I implore you: Now is the time to join us. We want to work together but inaction is no longer an option.” Rep. @FrankPallone on climate-related extreme weather events: "Events disappear from the headlines in a matter of weeks, but the work to rebuild and recover takes years." — Nick Mailloux (@nckmllx) February 6, 2019 To […]
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