PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 25, 2020
Just as new cases of COVID-19 are spiking in places where gathering rules have been relaxed, our reliance on carbon-based fuels continues to warm the planet to dangerous levels. And just like the novel coronavirus, climate change is a reality that we have to confront whether we want to or not. As one expert said, “Alarm bells should be ringing.” Instead, the United States is moving backwards. We need investment in clean energy and infrastructure that matches the size of the problem posed by climate change, as well as the speed with which it is overtaking us. And we need the U.S. to reassert itself as a world leader on climate change, by committing itself to widespread change – and demanding it of other countries as well.