Political Quotes

“this morning, our Nation's Capital and much of the Northeast, including almost the whole of my State of New York, woke up once again under a veil of smog. As we speak, wildfires of unnatural strength continue blazing in Canada, sending toxic air and smoke over the border and over American cities. Today, I am sad to say, New York City, which usually has good air quality, has some of the lowest air quality in the world thanks to these wildfires, and the problem is even worse in Upstate New York. I urge every single American and Canadian impacted by the smog to take precautions to stay safe and to follow public safety guidelines in their communities. These Canadian wildfires are truly unprecedented, and we cannot ignore that climate change continues to make these disasters worse. Warmer temperatures and severe droughts mean forests burn faster, burn hotter, and burn bigger. And the warming is happening at a faster pace in countries with higher latitudes. None of this--none of this--is a coincidence. This smoke and fog over New York and the rest of the Northeast is a warning from nature that we have a lot of work to do to reverse the destruction of climate change. Every time we see a wildfire in Canada or in the West or a monstrous hurricane in the Southeast or a blizzard in Texas, it is a reminder that time is short to reverse the impacts of a warming planet.…”