Critics usually attribute the unwavering Republican opposition to acting on climate change primarily to ideology and money. Ideologically, most Republicans are predisposed against efforts to reduce the emissions of carbon associated with global climate change because they view it as an example of governmental regulatory overreach. "This is the time to talk about climate change," Regalado told the Miami Herald . "This is the time that the President and the EPA and whoever makes decisions needs to talk about climate change. If this isn't climate change, I don't know what is.

Source: CNN September 12, 2017 10:07 UTC