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Reader's View: Election a chance to combat climate change
When I learned about our polluting of the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses in the 1980s, I became increasingly alarmed... temperatures rose.
The May 30 letter, “ Evidence of climate change is plentiful,” presented scientific evidence of the human contribution to the heating of the planet for folks who still need to understand the predicament we are in on our planetary home.
When I learned about our polluting of the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses in the 1980s, I became increasingly alarmed as the scientific evidence mounted and global temperatures rose. We are now at the point where science, governments, and most corporate leaders understand we are in a race to end this pollution and arrest the ever-more dangerous heating of the planet.
The Inflation Reduction Act, passed by the narrowest margins through Congress, incentivized U.S. industries to innovate and be part of the carbon-free future, much as other governments around the world are doing. Government has a vital role to play, and the upcoming elections are a chance for the U.S. to decide whether we want to build the future or cling to the past, and in so doing leave a dystopian future for our children and grandchildren.
Robert Buckner
Sierra Madre, California
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