PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 29, 2020
After decades of studying the climate crisis, scientists tell us that human beings can prevent the damage it causes. The people of the world need to significantly reduce the burning of greenhouse-gas emissions which limit heat from going into the atmosphere. We can do that by ceasing to burn fossil fuels, like coal and oil, and instead relying on renewable energy, like wind, geothermal and solar. Because President Trump is in denial of our primary role as humans in the climate crisis, he’s done nothing to get us closer to solving it. Yet cities and states across the country have developed and are implementing plans to achieve net zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. Though the lack of action at the federal level is discouraging, U.S. cities and states are giving us hope. ~ Rev. Richard Killmer, Yarmouth