Thanks for the informative, alarming and in addition encouraging piece “What Trump’s climate policy rollbacks may mean for WA” (Jan. 22, Local weather Lab):
It’s each baffling and enraging that the chief of the free world not solely denies what has develop into settled science, however endangers all of us with insurance policies that intention to cease progress towards mitigating the tragically apparent prices of a warming planet.
I’m proud to stay in a state wherein authorities is dedicated to addressing the existential menace of local weather change. Appearing as a person to cut back warming is essential however the magnitude of the issue requires a civic response. Washington’s Local weather Dedication Act, the Clear Vitality Transformation Act and our carbon market “aren’t going wherever,” in keeping with state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon and Casey Sixkiller, former administrator of Environmental Safety Company Area 10.
It’s heartening to be taught that “the power sector is transferring towards renewables whether or not Trump likes it or not,” in keeping with John Armstrong, professor of environmental research at Seattle College. Wind and photo voltaic are cheaper than fossil fuels; market forces will trump Trump.
Gene Elizabeth Robertson, Mercer Island
