Letter: This book can help you understand climate change - East Oregonian
Letter: This book can help you understand climate change | Letters | eastoregonian.com
Like a lot of folks, I've become increasingly alarmed about the more-and-more frequent reports about the health — more the declining health — of our planet. Key to my increasing concern is the question: Will the outright, and seemingly intentional, ignoring of the issue of global warming, and the obvious changes in our climate that result, soon render our planet unable to support life?
Since I'm already in my 80s, my chances of being around to see the worst of those consequences are probably non-existent, so why should I worry about them? The answer to that question is simple and should be obvious to all of us: It's important because of its effects on succeeding generations of life on this planet. My kids. My grandkids. My great-grandkids. Your kids. Your grandkids. Your great-grandkids. The forests. The rivers. The air. The soils. The flowers and grasses. Anything that depends on this planet for life.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate legislation
The federal government and states are in the process of implementing two laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act — an investment of more than a trillion dollars to address climate change.