Climate change is urgent issue that needs president-elect’s attention
The single most urgent issue today is climate change. Believe in it or not, it is happening and it is accelerated by human activity. Ignore it at your own peril.
How much have I heard people talking about climate change the past few days? Very little. Jobs. Immigration. That’s what people are talking about. Those are short-term issues. Climate change affects the long term. The longer we ignore it, the worse it gets. It affects us, our children, our grandchildren, the rest of the world and wildlife. Yet nobody, it seems, talks about it.
The National Audubon Society did a study recently and concluded that 314 species of birds — nearly half of U.S. birds — are threatened by climate change in this country within this century. This need not be inevitable, but it will be if our pending new president has his way. I can only pray that Al Gore and other environmentalists can talk some sense into him.
Rosalie Valvo, Morro Bay
This story was originally published November 18, 2016 at 7:12 PM with the headline "Climate change is urgent issue that needs president-elect’s attention."