Are we mid-crisis, or riding the first of many waves of COVID-19 contagion and death? In either case, we will get to the other side. With a vaccine, plasma treatment, contact tracing, herd immunity or a yet-to-be devised pill, we will eventually beat the pandemic.
But with climate disaster from rising greenhouse gas emissions, there will be no U-turn if we reach the crisis stage. Once there, no plan of action will get us to the other side of the raging wildfires, worse-than-ever hurricanes, rising seas and deadly summer heat.
That’s why we can’t delay. As soon as we are past the coronavirus crisis, we must demand that local, state and national leaders address climate change.
It has been 50 years since the first Earth Day. We are overdue for serious action.
Anna Koster
San Jose
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