Opinion: GOP denial will add to climate change body count
[Despite] the 99.9% consensus in the science community that the burning of fossil fuel is driving the rise in global temperatures, a 2021 analysis from the Center for American Progress identified “109 representatives and 30 senators who refuse to acknowledge the scientific evidence of human-caused climate change.” These are the people we are depending on to steer the Southwest through its driest period since Vikings roamed the seas. Anyone concerned? Particularly among the 25 million people across three states and Mexico who rely on Lake Mead for water.
-Written by LZ Granderson, LA Times culture and politics columnist.