Scientists this week reported that July will go down as the hottest month on record and almost certainly that the planets temperature is hotter now than it has been in around years . But the GOP is stuck in a climate bind and likely will be for the next four years in large part because theyre still living in the shadow of former president and Republican frontrunner Donald Trump . Trump has called the extremely settled science of climate change a hoax and more recently suggested that the impacts of it may affect us in years . A small number of Republicans are urging their party to get proactive on the climate crisis . But many are reticent to talk about how to solve the problem and worry Trump is having a chilling effect on policies to combat climate within the party . Sen. Mitt Romney a Republican from Utah is one of the loudest climate voices in the party both represent Utah a state thats no stranger to extreme heat and drought which scientists say is being fueled by rising global temperatures which are being exacerbated by rising levels of pollution from burning fossil fuels . The good news is Republicans are stopping arguing with thermometers in the good news that Republicans are no longer arguing with temperatureometers in order to solve it. But Donald Trumps not going to be around forever. Inglis said Republicans are starting to be saying what we like. We need to be talking about it. We have no ideas at the table. We are not talking about what you like. The good good news. We don’t argue with thermometer’re not arguing with the thermometers. We’ve stopped arguing with thermostats. The bad news is that we’ll stop arguing with our thermometers,’s not arguing. It’m not talking with thermologists.