Sound familiar? That’s right, friend, it’s what we’ve been saying for years now:
We have the solutions. What we’re missing is the political will.
EnviroVoters is constantly pushing for policies that transition us from fossil fuels to a clean energy economy and hold corporate polluters accountable. What we lack are enough elected officials who have the climate courage to prioritize these issues and pass the meaningful legislation we need. The LA Times gets it:
From local government to heads of state, officials at all levels should exercise whatever authority they have to dismantle the dangerous machinery of fossil fuels and replace it quickly with clean, renewable energy. [...] It’s our job to seize on each and every one of those decisions and demand swift action that increases the chances for a more tolerable future for nature and humanity.
Friend, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that we are on track to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming by 2030, which would have disastrous ripple effects on our ecosystems, economies, and livelihoods.
That is, unless our elected officials are bold enough to cut our emissions in half.
We are running out of time to turn the tide and this LA Times editorial knows exactly what we’ve been talking about.
Our state leaders need to ensure long-term, equitable funding to address the climate crisis, continue to push bold policies that transition us off fossil fuels, and hold corporate polluters accountable.
Elected officials must act with urgency and at the scale that this crisis demands to lower emissions in the quickest, most equitable way possible.
Thanks for being with us.
