Diane Mitsch Bush supported finding solutions to the climate change issues we are facing in this day and age. Over half of the voters in La Plata County voted for her in the Nov. 6 election.
She lost the race to be our representative to Congress to our current representative, Rep. Scott Tipton, who in 2015 voted for a resolution that nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule that requires states to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.
Rep. Tipton won with a little under 52 percent of the vote in his congressional district. He is now, again, our representative in the U.S. House of Representatives – our man at the table.
I would imagine that some of the people who voted for him are aware of the changes that are happening to our climate.
The change in our global temperature and the related changes to our climate are now recognized by our government as a condition that is contributed to by our human activities.
I’m certain that most of the people who voted for Diane Mitsch Bush are aware of the climate issues we are facing and would like to see efforts being made by our government to find solutions to this problem.
It is safe to say that a large portion of the population of our congressional district is concerned about seeing these efforts being made in D.C., where it matters. This portion of our population needs to speak its mind to our representative. He needs to understand that actions must be taken, and he is one of many who must be taking them. After all, it’s his job, and we are his employer for the next two years.
The longer our collective head remains buried in the sand, the warmer our collective hind-parts are becoming.
Arlan Moore
McCoy
