It is disgusting what has happened to our global environment. Between tornadoes, mass flooding, and massive rainfalls, the ordinary citizen is at the mercy of climate change.

The fossil fuel industries and the government of developed countries around the world have known about the effects of CO2 on the environment since 1950s. Yet they behave in a short-sighted manner for greed and power at the expense of the citizens throughout the world and planet Earth. The fossil fuel oligarchs don’t have to worry about extreme temperature while they sit in their glorious mansions on a hilltop.

Populations of animals will go extinct because they cannot adapt to the rapidly changing environment. This is not just another ice age (as some people think); ice-age changes happen over millenniums, not centuries.

Please vote for candidates in this coming election who have the backbone and courage to stand up and make legislation to save our planet and the future of our children.

Susan Surabian

Skowhegan