Letter: Climate change ‘catastrophe’ is already here

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 2, 2022

I cringe when I hear we have to accomplish some goal by a certain date, framed in decades (“by 2030”; “by 2050”) to avoid climate change “catastrophe.” We’re already well into the catastrophe! With unprecedented effort we might be able to slow worsening of the catastrophe already upon us. After “Earth Day,” and the cries of “save the environment,” it was pointed out that we can’t save the environment; there will always be an environment but, likely, one that doesn’t work for us. ~ Daniel Krell, Westbrook