A Sea Change in Climate Politics?

There was a surprise question about climate change at the last Republican debate. What was surprising wasn't the question itself. Instead, it was the source of the question: Tomas Regalado, the Republican mayor of Miami. It turns out that this wasn't a fluke. Regalado and the Republican mayor of Miami Beach have spoken out in an op-ed about climate change: "The overwhelming scientific consensus is that the rising sea levels are caused by the planet warming, that the burning of fossil fuels is driving this warming, and that we need to act quickly to avoid the worst impacts ahead. These are the facts. We shouldn't waste time debating them."