Bob Inglis is a conservative Republican politician – who supports action on climate change

In the TED talk below, Bob Inglis,¹ conservative Republican politician, explains how & why, he came to support action on climate change.

“When I first went to Congress, I said that climate change was a bunch of hooey – Al Gore’s imagination … It was all based on ignorance from me. I had not looked into the facts at all. All I knew, was that Al Gore was for it & therefore I was against it.”

What changed his mind? His four daughters, son & wife on the one hand, &

“I got the opportunity to go to Antactica, & saw in the ice core drillings at the South Pole, the evidence – it’s pretty clear. Long stability followed by an uptick in CO2 that coincides with the Industrial Revolution …”

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Slate – “This Man Is America’s Best Hope for Near-Term Climate Action”
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2015/05/republican_bob_inglis_is_america_s_best_hope_for_near_term_climate_action.html

Sierra Club – “Bob Inglis Takes a Stand on Climate Change”, https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2016-6-november-december/feature/bob-inglis-takes-stand-climate-change
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