There’s no such thing as ‘too much, too fast’ when it comes to climate change | Sheneman - NJ.com

There’s no such thing as ‘too much, too fast’ when it comes to climate change | Sheneman - nj.com

As they jockey for control of the legislature this November, the state Republican Party is trying to sound reasonable about climate change. According to GOP senate leader Anthony Bucco “We are not climate change deniers,” he claims. They are simply worried about the cost of environmental initiatives like offshore wind and electric vehicle mandates. “It’s just too much, and too fast,” according to Bucco. You know what else is too much too fast? The ocean.

Acknowledging climate change is real is meaningless if you’re not willing to do anything about it. In the many decades since humanity has been made aware that we were poisoning the planet, we have consistently put off any meaningful action to mitigate the damage done. I appreciate Bucco’s attempt to seem like a rational human being, in contrast to his Republican counterparts in Washington, but it’s the result that matters.