October 3, 2021
Climate change a health threat
Recently Fresno County’s chief health officer discussed the dangers to health posed by climate change. As The Bee reported, Dr. Rais Vohra compared the challenges posed by climate change and COVID-19 and said: "Instead of one infectious agent that is now preventable with the vaccine, we will be dealing with dozens of hazards at once and many of them without easy solutions.”
Speaking at a press conference with the California Climate and Agriculture Network, Dr. Vohra expressed his hope that congressman Jim Costa will continue to support President Biden's Build Back Better Act, which will bring benefits to our area such as aid to public health departments, incentives to replace polluting farm equipment, and more renewable energy projects.
Regional programs like these will be an important part of the solution. However, it is also important to put a price on carbon, which will ensure that carbon emissions are reduced as fossil fuels are replaced by clean, renewable sources of energy. People can learn more about carbon pricing at this website: cclusa.org/white-house.
They can also easily send a message asking President Biden and their representative to support carbon pricing in the congressional budget reconciliation package now under consideration.
Ruth Afifi
https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article254666767.html
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