Obama EPA chief apologizes for her generation’s role in climate change
Gina McCarthy: 'I want to apologize for my generation. We didn’t quite get it quick enough.'
By: Marc Morano - Climate DepotOctober 9, 2014 7:41 PM
McCarthy, who was born in the 1950s, used Miami Beach as a backdrop to demonstrate that people do not have to use projections to see climate change nowadays, because it is happening before their eyes.
Thursday is “king tide” day for Miami Beach, when the tide in Biscayne Bay reaches its highest level of the year.
The tide frequently floods Miami Beach’s streets, though temporary pumps were moving the water back out to the bay Thursday, Fusion reported. Federal officials say climate change has caused an increase in flooding, and it will only get worse.
“Climate change isn’t about faraway places in faraway dangers, it’s about impact today to the the safety of our communities, to the viability of our commercial enterprises, and most importantly it is about the public health of the families across the United States of America,” McCarthy said.
Local leaders joined McCarthy for the event Thursday, along with Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).
They emphasized that the impacts of climate change, and measures to mitigate them, should not be a bipartisan debate.
“If there are any doubters, you should listen to the NASA scientists that testify that measurements — that’s not forecasts, that’s not projections, it’s measurements — over the last 50 years [show] five to eight inches of sea level rise in South Florida,” Nelson said, according to Fusion. “75 percent of our population in this state is on the coast.”
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