A Message from a Republican Meteorologist: Acknowledging Climate Science Doesn’t Make You A Liberal
Im going to tell you something that my Republican friends are loath to admit out loud: climate change is real. I am a moderate Republican, fiscally conservative; a fan of small government, accountability, self-empowerment, and sound science. I am not a climate scientist. Im a meteorologist, and the weather maps Im staring at are making me uncomfortable. No, youre not imagining it: weve clicked into a new and almost foreign weather pattern. To complicate matters, Im in a small, frustrated and endangered minority: a Republican deeply concerned about the environmental sacrifices some are asking us to make to keep our economy powered-up, long-term. Its ironic. The root of the word conservative is conserve. A staunch Republican, Teddy Roosevelt, set aside vast swaths of America for our National Parks System, the envy of the world. Another Republican, Richard Nixon, launched the EPA. Now some in my party believe the EPA and all those silly global warming alarmists are going to get in the way of drilling and mining our way to prosperity. Well, we have good reason to be alarmed.
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The climate is warming. The weather is morphing. Its not your grandfathers weather anymore. The trends are undeniable. If you dont want to believe thousands of climate scientists at least believe your own eyes: winters are warmer & shorter, summers more humid, more extreme weather events, with a 1-in-500 year flood every 2-3 years. For evidence of climate change dont look at your back yard thermometer. Thats weather. Take another, longer look at your yard. Look at the new flowers, trees, birds, insects and pests showing up outside your kitchen window that werent there a generation ago.
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Im a Christian, and I cant understand how people who profess to love and follow God roll their eyes when the subject of climate change comes up. Actions have consequences. Were we really put here to plunder the Earth, no questions asked? Isnt that the definition of greed? In the Bible, Luke 16:2 says, Man has been appointed as a steward for the management of Gods property, and ultimately he will give account for his stewardship.
Future generations will hold us responsible for todays decisions.
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