PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 8, 2025
President Trump claims that climate change is “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.” Now that he gets no resistance from the courts nor the Republican Congress, he acts on his groundless opinion by halting renewable projects and rescinding appropriated funds that would create jobs and promote clean energy. He stops agencies from researching climate change, destroying data and knowledge. He favors fossil fuel production, which is more expensive than renewables. Our environment is changing in real time. California Gov. Gavin Newsom noted that he has witnessed communities wiped off the face of the Earth. His response to Trump’s speech, “There’s no Republican…or Democratic thermometer, just reality. And a lot of us are getting mugged by reality.…wake up to the reality.” ~ Dorothy Jones, Brunswick