SUN JOURNAL • July 24, 2021
In a little over a month, four major heat waves have broiled, burning hundreds of thousands of acres in California, Oregon and British Columbia. From Germany to China, extreme flooding has caused death and destruction. At least 180 people in Europe were killed last week when two months’ worth of rain fell in two days, and in China at least 33 people died. The terrifying scenes from across the globe have long been predicted by scientists studying our warming planet. Climate change is making normal weather events more devastating to unprepared communities. So why are the world’s developed countries still slow-walking efforts to wean their economies off fossil fuels and slash the greenhouse gases responsible for climate change? The summer has given a terrible glimpse of the future if we don’t change course now. ~ Los Angeles Times