4/7/2021
What a difference a few years makes!
During the Trump administration, the U.S. pulled out of the international climate agreement, EPA scientists were gagged from even speaking about climate change, and the Department of the Interior proposed drilling for oil off the Rhode Island coast. Here in Rhode Island, Speaker Mattiello said, “There’s nothing Rhode Island can do to address climate change in a way that’s real or impactful.”
Our leaders were out of touch with science and out of touch with the public. The science could not be clearer: if we don’t phase out fossil fuel emissions by 2050, global temperatures will rise by 5 to 9 degrees fahrenheit during our children’s lifetimes, destabilizing weather patterns, crops, oceans, our national security, and life on Earth.