From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains.

Climate change is the cause celebrity of the left, and it's not going away.

Even though it consistently ranks is one of the bottom issues Americans are most concerned about.

Countless of dollars are raised through donations and tax dollars to combat the fear of man-made climate change. Regardless

of polling, celebrities continue to host rallies, make movies, and put on concerts asking

for government to take action.

Climate change is real. It is happening right now.

It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinated.

I grew up under a coal fire power plant, so I was there when that came

online, and I saw the soot that was collecting on the trees. We'll be cutting out insurance claims,

workers' comp claims, hospitalization, sick days, and also emergency room visits.

Those are the health care concerns from cutting out fossil fuels.

Climate change is in everybody's backyard.

It's going to affect every country, every nation, every person.

There's been so much damage done over the years to the planet that if we don't act sooner rather than later,

I don't know what kind of a planet we're going to have to live on.

Okay, there's been a lot of talk about conserving energy tonight,

but right now, I don't want anybody saving up their energy.

I want you all to give it up.

If you want to save the planet, let me see you jumping up and down.

In response to this outcry, President Obama announced the Clean Power Plan in 2015. In an effort to curb man-made climate change,

the plan would intentionally favor energy sources like wind and solar

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