Gabbard in New Hampshire

“Climate change is one good example unfortunately of how partisan politics and divisiveness is getting in the way of us actually solving real problems. It’s just the two words, climate change, that have become such a hot button. It will elicit one extreme response or another.”

Some people regard it as a hoax or a lie, she said, while others say it is an urgent environmental threat.

“In reality what we are talking about is making sure we have clean water to drink, clean air to breathe, a safe place to live, protecting these beautiful places we call home and ensuring the safety, security that we have a planet that we can leave behind for generations to come that will continue to provide us with food, water and a safe place to live.”