Yang on climate change

“Most politicians will say, ‘We can do it, we can beat it.’ I just told the truth [at the second Democratic debate], which is that we’re only 15% of the world’s emissions. Even if we were to go zero carbon, the earth would continue to warm in all likelihood because of the energy composition of other countries. Now, I take climate change very, very seriously it’s an existential threat to our way of life. Apparently, I might take it more seriously than even some other people who believe it’s serious because I think it’s worse than anyone thinks.” More »