PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • January 18, 2025
Disastrous fires are becoming worse and increasing in frequency due to climate change causing warming of the planet. This fire is happening in January, which is hard to fathom. I look at our beautiful Maine woods and wonder if we are OK here because Maine is so much farther north. But then I remember the massive forest fires in Canada, near our latitude, that have occurred in recent summers. Some were so severe that their smoke polluted the Eastern Seaboard for days. America has just elected a climate denier and a politician who does not want to face scientific facts. As American citizens we can change all this by demanding action to slow climate change. ~ Nancy Hasenfus, Brunswick