Chicken Little once cried out “the sky is falling, the sky is falling.” But while nothing could be further from the truth, there are some that believe humans have contributed to “climate change” because of the air, sea and land pollution that has been documented over the years.
Congressman Carlos Curbelo (R), is one of those believers, and recently took an educational tour of Biscayne National Park to learn more about how climate change impacts ecosystems, especially the one better known as the Florida Everglades.Who says that Republicans don’t care about the environment, and don’t care to preserve it?
After Curbelo took his stroll through the park, he met up with the enviro-friendly group RepublicEns, which is a project of The Energy and Enterprise Initiative, a 501 (c) (3) organization based out of Fairfax, VA., to discuss “managing climate risks and fostering conservative leadership on climate change and other environmental challenges.”
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Here are excerpts from a Q&A Curbelo had with RepublicEns
“We need to get out of this rut…where we won’t even talk about [climate change], and bring our ideas to the table. Otherwise, it is going to be the other side’s ideas that get advanced.”
“[In DC] no one wants to talk about [climate change] because even talking about it they perceive as a risk…I think what we’re doing here today is a wonderful way to break through that…This is an important step for conservatives on the climate; just to have a conversation and say, ‘well even though I am not a scientist I can look at very basic data and realize that there are some challenges that we are going to be faced with.’ Look at the salt water intrusion here, it’s going into our drinking supply and into the Everglades…No one can argue against that because it is a real problem, so we need to do everything we can to stop that.”“[Climate change is] an issue that we can win. We can offer the alternative to the EPA…If we do not have an alternative, someday someone is going to say ‘alright, well, that’s the only thing on the table so let’s do that.’ We need to offer our alternative that’s reasonable, that’s market based, that doesn’t close down businesses or force people out of their jobs. That’s what sometimes frustrates me: I know we can win on these issues, but instead we are silent – and when you are silent you are losing.”