In Connecticut, we have seen increasing heat waves, extreme precipitation, devastating floods impacting everything, farming school closures, damaging homes and businesses. Climate change is harming our health and our environment, but is also harming Americans financially. This administration, however, is running the playbook on making the problem worse, focusing on policies that are handouts to the fossil fuel companies, like reversing the 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment, finding, rolling back fuel emission standards for motor vehicles and reducing methane leak monitoring requirements. (02:26–02:34)
CLAIM
Asserts that climate change has negative health, environmental, and financial impacts.
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