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Climate change ignored

As cataclysmic climate destabilization affects all of us, one must wonder if people like Scott Pruitt, Donald Trump, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the Koch brothers and other climate change deniers have children and grandchildren they care about. Do they not on some level fear the effects of rising temperatures, rising sea levels, historic hurricanes, drought, floods, and fires? Do they think that their children and grandchildren will be immune to the effects of global warming thanks to their status, wealth and privilege?

Houston is under water.

If this is their belief, they are sadly mistaken. As the world drowns and burns, we will drown and burn together in one way or another. For the sake of human civilization, let’s at least remove the greedy and intentionally misled from political power. Renewable energy is our collective last gasp, and, unfortunately at this point may not be enough to save us. We borrow the earth from our children.

Paul Grove

Spokane

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