Garrett Kinman - 9-5-2021- No Time to Delay on Climate Change

 

NO TIME TO DELAY ON CLIMATE CHANGE

September 5, 2021

Recently we saw the release of the IPCC's latest report on the climate crisis, and what we saw should alarm all Valley residents. We are seeing impacts worse and decades sooner than scientists originally predicted. Historic wildfires and heat domes are now a yearly occurrence. Only weeks ago, while in Boston, I saw and breathed the smoke and haze from over 2,000 miles away. As I write this letter, the Dixie Fire is raging on in our beloved Sierra Nevada. But it does not have to be this way.

In the IPCC report, it also predicted we have one glimmer of hope: strong, immediate climate action. Renewable energy at a scale never before seen. A price on carbon. Decarbonization of the whole economy. Yes, it is asking a lot, and no, it will not be easy. But we as a country have handled crises like this before. And we can do it again if we tell our representatives our future matters to us.

If we do, we will have the honor of leaving a clean and bountiful world for our children to inherit.

But first we must act. We can delay no further.

Garrett Kinman

Fresno

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