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Republicans who still think climate change is a hoax should look at what insurers are doing | Letter - lehighvalleylive.com

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Republicans who still think climate change is a hoax should look at what insurers are doing | Letter - lehighvalleylive.com

At least 10 years before Al Gore released “An Inconvenient Truth” in 2006, scientists were warning about global warming. Republicans were quick to call it fake news or junk science and chanted “burn baby burn” at political rallies.

Currently, major insurance companies do not want to cover homes in California, Florida or Louisiana, and New Jersey insurance companies are requesting a 26.3% premium hike. All of this is due to the documented cost of climate change.

Now Republicans are using the same tactics on vaccines, masks, books, and health-care decisions. Think about these issues when you vote.

Stanley Kapral Jr.

Phillipsburg

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