Ignoring climate change will cost U.S. so much more [Video]

Ignoring climate change will cost US more

I enjoyed your excellent news article regarding public opinion on climate: “Extreme weather is nearly universal experience, poll finds,” April 22. It is eye-opening to find that a majority of Americans have noticed extreme weather events in recent years, and mentally connected the events to climate change.

But then I noticed the recent congressional vote in which a very narrow majority passed a partisan bill that would repeal many of the tax credit provisions of last year’s Inflation Reduction Act, provisions that would help Virginians lower their household energy bills through electrification and efficiency.

I have no wish to portray climate as a partisan issue, but I cannot ignore it when others do. Politicians who refuse to talk about climate, but focus on fighting anything that addresses it, are not good custodians of our national finances. The trillions that FEMA will be handing out in payments for climate disasters in …