There is plenty of news about the devastation that climate change is bringing these days. Amy Calder brought out two examples in her Oct. 8 column. One was from Skowhegan, the other from Florida’s west coast. Both involved historically huge storms. The Sentinel’s Oct. 8 cartoon also gave play to the reality that what used to be called “1000-year storms” are now recurring far more frequently. It’s scary.

Calder also noted that the movie “Inconvenient Truth” conveyed a reality to which we had all better pay attention, and what better time than during election season. Please, when you vote, consider which candidate will put climate as a top-of-agenda item in his or her service in the Legislature or Congress, whether Republican, Democrat or Independent.

Two who come to mind for the state Senate are Russell Black and David LaFountain, who understand climate change from two different perspectives, one as a farmer, the other as a firefighter.

For Congress, both Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden understand the importance for the economy of putting climate first, as they did with their vote in favor of the Inflation Reduction Act that will likely give a trillion-dollar boost to the clean energy economy.

Gov. Mills, for her part, has worked tirelessly since her inauguration on climate issues. Her Climate Council brought together people from both parties, business leaders, conservationists, sportsmen, farmers and fishermen to produce “Maine Won’t Wait.” We need Janet Mills for a second term as governor.

 

Peter Garrett

Winslow

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