Climate change is an economic and national security issue that affects all of us. Climate change is real, man-made, and far past time to do everything we can to mitigate its effects. We must begin talking about mass migration out of low-lying and coastal zones, severe increases or outright cancellation of flood zone insurance policies and moving the Atlantic fleet out of Norfolk. We absolutely must have aggressive changes to our energy infrastructure. I will fight to act on expert’s scientific based recommendations. We all have a duty to all Kentuckians to prevent the economic and environmental devastation that climate change will bring to our country. We must get serious about the transition off of fossil fuels.