PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 4 2024
Isn’t it time for a new Declaration of Independence? Whereas in the Course of human events it becomes imperative for humans to dissolve the bonds that have tied them to fossil fuels; and Whereas climate change, resulting primarily from the combustion of fossil fuels, is an existential threat to all of our communities, environment, and economies, and…Whereas governments must lead now by 1) accelerating investment in renewable energy; 2) holding polluters responsible for their actions; and 3) ending investments in fossil fuel companies and denying permits and approvals to further extraction,…Therefore we citizens of the 50 United States and global neighbors hereby declare our independence from fossil fuels. ~ Jeffrey A. Thaler, energy and environmental attorney, Portland