To the editor: He recently published two related stories about climate change.
The first was about how serious global warming is and its future threats to the habitability of our planet. The second concerned how oil companies are trying to make it difficult to hold them accountable for the damage they have caused and for their decades of lying and misleading the public about the problem.
Both articles should be read with the November elections in mind. Do we want to elect someone who is hostile to actions to mitigate the damages of climate change, forcing our children and grandchildren to suffer the terrible consequences?
Jack Holtzman and Irwin Rubenstein, San Diego
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To the editor: Yes, the state of California has made important commitments to protect Californians from extreme heat. However, the current budget puts these same programs in jeopardy.
The program to track heat mortality? Your budget will be cut in half.
The extreme heat and community resilience program? It is being similarly threatened, and at a time when community requests for cooling projects exceed program capacity by 1,500%.
Extreme heat is here and California's cooling programs are prepared to save lives. We should let them do their job.
Enrique Huerta, Los Angeles.
The writer is legislative director of Climate Resolve.
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To the editor: The evacuation of a low-lying island off the Caribbean coast of Panama is just the beginning of the cost of inaction on climate change. Whatever the cost of eliminating our carbon emissions, it will pale in comparison to the fiscal and emotional cost of business as usual.
It's time for people in America and around the world to come together before it's too late. There is a small window of opportunity, but it is closing quickly.
Larry Kramer, San Juan Capistrano
