Reader's View: Remind your reps climate change is critical

I have some thoughts in response to the Sept. 21 “Local View” column in the News Tribune, “ Don’t let Northland ‘paradise’ fool you on climate change .”

The idea that “Europe and the U.S. may see as much as a 40% decline in agricultural production due to climate renovations,” as the column stated, is rather terrifying. The earth provides enough food now for everyone, even though its distribution leaves much to be desired. With such an enormous hit to production, we may all find it difficult to live as we might want.

In Los Angeles where I live, we’ve seen firsthand some of the effects of a warming planet: fires, drought, floods, and, this summer, more extreme heat than we’ve been used to. The world is changing, and it’s not in a good way. Our children and grandchildren will take the brunt of it in coming years and won’t thank us for not doing everything we could to have kept it under control.

Make sure your representatives in Congress understand it’s an important issue for you, even if, right now, you in the Northland are enjoying “paradise.”

Maggie Wineburgh-Freed

Los Angeles