When budgets are tight, political promises that fight climate change or pollution tend to take a backseat.
That’s true nationally, as the climate news publication Heatmap explained last month, pointing out various Democrats in Congress who backed off policies to combat global warming out of concern for the high costs they could impose on voters. San Diego is no different.
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What’s not being calculated in government financial departments run by elected decisionmakers is the future cost of climate change on its residents – the more frequent flooding, heat waves and depleted natural resources. But, as Heatmap aptly put it, voters don’t go to the polls for lower costs in 2075. Voters want lower bills now.
