MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 3, 2025
It is clear as glass our adaptable democracy is one of humanity’s successes but, when broken, glass shatters. We are close to shattering our environment. If we do, democracy will fall close behind. Earth has a disease never before experienced by humans, global warming, due to our carbon burning addiction. As an engineer, I understand that global warming will cause billions, yes billions, of people now living in mid latitudes to die of heat and starvation. Worldwide violence and confusion will result. We have an American administration (Trump) in denial of climate disaster and actively eliminating diversity programs like solar energy which could wean us from carbon. If we are to have human survival and world peace we must turn away from his environmental disregard. Our time is wasting. ~ Phillip Davis, West Gardiner