I'm staying away from politics. Again.
But we (Swannanoa Watershed Network) were asked if we knew any farmers to go meet with Rep. Chuck Edwards. Not me. And the article in the Asheville Citizen-Times had not one mention of farmers. Guess they had better things to do.
And I am curious as to how many of your friends/associates also think the Climate Crisis is hysteria.
Here's a summary of what he said:
"Rep. Chuck Edwards, (R) speaking in Asheville, defended tourism, backed a debt ceiling increase said there was "a lot of hysteria" around climate change.
" ... the Henderson County Republican visited ... the National Centers for Environmental Information ― an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whose scientists won the Nobel Peace Prize for work on climate change.
Edwards said: "I believe that the mission at NOAA is admirable in that we should continue to collect data ― data that can be used for commercial purposes ― in addition to taking a closer look at what's going on with our climate. I think that we also have to realize that there is a an awful lot of hysteria being built around climate change right now. Statistics that I see regularly are that we've not seen the earth's surface change over the last 100 years more than a degree. And that leads me to proceed with caution. (My underlining.)
"(Fact check: Government climate scientists say that rise has actually been 2 degrees Fahrenheit − a little more than 1 degree Celsius.)
"Edwards: We transitioned from stove wood a number of years ago and now we're transitioning largely from coal to natural gas, and I think we will see a transition from natural gas to nuclear, supplementing that with some other alternative sources, but solar and wind are not the ultimate solutions a lot of folks would want you to believe. I believe that we need to look for clean-air, clean-water, clean-energy sources, irregardless of climate change. (my underlining.)
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So that's what our representative in Congress will be doing for 2 years. But he's a lot better than Madison Cawthorn, who he replaced, both Republicans. The interests he mainly represents are corporate, not the people around here.
Edwards joins Greene, firebrands on Oversight Committee; also Infrastructure, Budget
