Mr. President: The heat is on. No pun intended.
You made a pledge in your State of the Union address to get the country on track to combat and cope with climate change. You even said your administration will take executive action on climate change if Congress won’t cooperate.
With gridlock in Congress, the ball most likely is going to stay in your court.
Climate change is a hard topic. Even reasonable people who love to talk about our changing weather patterns often roll their eyes when the words “climate change” or “global warming” are spoken.
So here are thoughts — factoids, if you will — from the Southeast.