Arizona senator Mark Kelly is calling for more action to be taken to fight climate change as an unrelenting heat wave continues to bake the Southwest. abc15
PHOENIX — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on Sunday leaned into his experience as an astronaut to call for climate crisis actionamid a blistering heatwaveacross the United States, including his home state of Arizona.
“I have not seen in my time in the Senate many folks that deny that the climate is changing. That was a thing of the past. Now is: What do we do about it? We passed the Inflation Reduction Act, which is a big down payment on reducing the amount of carbon we put up into the atmosphere. That will make a difference over time. We obviously have to do more,” he added.
These climate crisis warnings have been especially potent in recent days as more than 85 million people remain under heat alerts while the weekslong heat wave continues and intensifies in the Southwest. Dangerously high temperatures have continued to plague the western parts of the US throughout the weekend, with temperatures expected to grow hotter in the South in the coming days.“My view hasn’t really changed. We are suffering a heat wave here in Arizona.
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