Four former heads of the Environmental Protection Agency during GOP presidencies have penned an important op-ed for the New York Times, “A Republican Case for Climate Action.”
William Ruckelshaus (1970-1973, 1983-1985), Lee Thomas (1985-1989), William Reilly (1989-1993), and Christine Whitman (2001-2003) dismiss climate deniers, warn we are risking our “livable climate,” endorse Obama’s climate plan, and call for even more action from their fellow Republicans
There is no longer any credible scientific debate about the basic facts: our world continues to warm, with the last decade the hottest in modern records, and the deep ocean warming faster than the earth’s atmosphere. Sea level is rising. Arctic Sea ice is melting years faster than projected.
The costs of inaction are undeniable. The lines of scientific evidence grow only stronger and more numerous. And the window of time remaining to act is growing smaller: delay could mean that warming becomes “locked in.”
