I care
passionately about many issues. I’m appalled by recent SCOTUS decisions threatening
women’s right to choose whether to have abortions, for instance. The Supreme
Court is also showing cowardice about gun control. Ever since the sixties, I
have been concerned about pollution and resource conservation, and about social
justice for all races and for LGBTQ people. The list goes on and on.
More than
any of these, though, I care about climate change. Nothing else is likely to
destroy the planet we live on. While scientists who have devoted lifetimes to
studying climate and the factors affecting it are ignored by much of the
public, less educated politicians who owe
their power and money to the fossil fuel industry are believed and voted into
office.
We may
already have reached the tipping point where the planet cannot be saved, no
matter what we do. Wildfires and drought are decimating the West, and extreme
heat is now killing hundreds of people in Europe. Torrential rains and floods
have ruined parts of the United States in recent years. But, the only alternative
to hope is complete despair. So I will continue to hope that somehow we can
overcome this latest challenge to the planet’s future. And I will vote only for
politicians who promise to combat climate change.
Copyright © July 18, 2022 by Carol Leth Stone (a.k.a.
RovinCrone)
