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Our top scientific institutions, including the U.S. military, NASA, and NOAA all say pollution is causing our planet to get warmer. Still, false information designed to discredit climate science is actively promoted by organizations with ties to coal and oil. Many leaders in Congress are also spreading disinformation about the climate. While fossil fuel companies are generating enormous profits, we ultimately will bear the costs associated with extreme weather and rising sea levels. Representatives for Arizona in the United States Congress have an important role in supporting efforts to solve the issue. Find your representatives and their positions on climate by using the form below.
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Kyrsten Sinema, who has a favorable voting record on climate, won an Arizona Senate seat in 2018. In 2020, Mark Kelly, who supports addressing climate change, defeated Martha McSally. who despite acknowledging climate change is happening, has stood against efforts to address the causes of climate change in Congress. Senator McCain previously represented Arizona. In his later years, the late Senator McCain resumed attempts to bridge party gaps and make progress on the issue of climate change. He is said to have sought 'common-sense solutions' to address climate change. Also previously representing Arizona was Jeff Flake, who had a poor record on the environment and on climate change.
Kyrsten Sinema, who has a favorable voting record on climate, won an Arizona Senate seat in 2018. In 2020, Mark Kelly, who supports addressing climate change, defeated Martha McSally. who despite acknowledging climate change is happening, has stood against efforts to address the causes of climate change in Congress. Senator McCain previously represented Arizona. In his later years, the late Senator McCain resumed attempts to bridge party gaps and make progress on the issue of climate change. He is said to have sought 'common-sense solutions' to address climate change. Also previously representing Arizona was Jeff Flake, who had a poor record on the environment and on climate change.
I'll never forget the first time I got to see our planet from low-Earth orbit, seeing this big round ball and realizing that we are really all in this together. It becomes really clear really quickly that we have no place else to go. There is no planet B. We're not moving somewhere else someday. We have to do a better job taking care of this planet. - Mark Kelly
Last District Updates March, 2021
District 1: Tom O'Halleran represents the district. He supports efforts on climate change. The LCV has endorsed him.
District 2: Ann Kirkpatrick represents district 2. She supports efforts to fight climate change by moving towards renewable energy.
District 3: Raul M. Grijalva represents district 3 with a favorable view towards addressing climate change.
District 4: Paul Gosar has represented district 4 with a view that questions scientific conclusions about climate change. He's received some attention for some of his statements that appear to question science.
Further, 'global warming' now known as 'climate change' is likely not in our control in any event. Historical records clearly demonstrate vast temperature swings long before Man arrived, from temperate zones in Alaska to ice ages in New York - Paul Gosar, District 4 Arizona
District 5: Andy Biggs has represented district 5 by advocating misleading, conspiratorial viewpoints on climate change. He received some attention for bringing up debunked ideas about climate change at a town hall meeting. It's pretty funny, if it weren't not funny. Have a look at a video from that town hall.
District 6: David Schweikert has been representing Arizona district 6 by questioning climate science.
You know, I think I have a reasonably good statistics background. And I have not sat there with pages and pages of data. But when you think about the complexity of a worldwide system and the amount of data you'd have to capture, and how you adjust for a sunspot, and how you adjust for a hurricane and I think it's incredibly arrogant for the Al Gores of the world to stand up and say the world is coming to an end. - David Schweikert
District 7: Ruben Gallego represents Arizona district 7 with a favorable stance on the environment.
Addressing climate change is a matter of national security. That's why we need a plan. - Ruben Gallego
District 8: Debbie Lesko has been representing Arizona district 8 with a position against efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and address the causes of climate change. She has suggested that humans are not the primary cause of our changing climate.
Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement is a bad deal for the United States. Horrible move by the Biden Administration. - Debbie Lesko, on Twitter
District 9: Greg Stanton represents Arizona district 9. He has a favorable view on the environment and has stated that cities need to act on climate on the local level.
Disclaimer: The statements and comments about representatives positions are the opinion of the writer. We try to include accurate information and base the representative and candidate positions on a variety of reliable sources. Sources include reputable reporting on candidates' past statements, campaign websites, press coverage of campaigns and representatives, votes in Congress on issues, and party affiliation. If you feel we are missing something, let us know. Please contact us to suggest a correction or request an update. Individual representatives and districts are updated periodically, but may at times become outdated. These statements are opinions related to how the U.S. Congress is responding to a national security and public health issue, but should be treated as opinions.
See also: Disinformation on Climate Change is Staggering
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