Don’t lose focus on our need for action on climate change

Ruby Eagan-Heffernan’s heartfelt letter to the editor about saving the earth is a worthy call to action for all of us. (“If you love Earth, help save it,” The Herald, April 10). The latest United Nations report says we have eight years till we pass the point of no return at the rate we are going.

So much stress with covid, inflation, the war in Ukraine, especially with 465,000 Washingtonians without health insurance. Not to mention the failure of Congress to renew the Child Tax Credit that had lifted 4 million children out of poverty and helped families to afford both food and rent.

Hard to think about climate change when you are sick, stressed about having enough food, or being able to pay rent. So let’s speak up to our members of Congress, thanking them for supporting the Child Tax Credit, funding for covid, and more. At the same time tell them it just isn’t enough. We need to deal with these equity issues and climate change based on the facts. Send them Ruby’s letter, and ask them to step up once again to deal with the issues that determine if America’s future will be equitable and better for all, doing what needs to be done now and before the deadline in eight years.

Willie Dickerson

Snohomish