Young Republicans push for GOP action on climate change

Kiera O’Brien, a 19-year-old government student at Harvard and president of the Harvard Republican Club, grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska, where she spent lots of time outdoors, hiking and fishing. “I have always had a deep respect for nature and have really cared about climate and wilderness and the preservation of both,” she says.So the fact that her own party — the GOP — has had a track record of ignoring climate change, or even denying that it’s caused by hum