Letter: US moving backwards on climate change

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 10, 2025

Doug Burgum, the new secretary of the Interior Department, is another blatant example of the fact corporations have captured our democracy. This time the stakes are so much higher. The petroleum industry has never had the kind of influence they have now and they seem hellbent to burn every drop of their product. Wake up folks, our grandchildren are being sacrificed on the altar of greed. Demand and work for a transition to wind and solar now! ~ Tom Mikulka, Cape Elizabeth