Climate emergency: Unite to fight common enemy

Re: “Historic devastation demands historic action” [Aug. 20, Opinion]:

A number of areas of the nation are being destroyed by the results of local weather change, and many individuals are dying or affected by wildfires, flooding, excessive warmth and polluted air.

If this destruction have been brought on by a overseas energy, the nation would unite towards that widespread enemy and battle it. Nicely, we’ve got a typical enemy to battle, and it’s local weather change brought on by humanity’s consumption of fossil fuels. The nation must unite to battle this widespread enemy, and we’ve got the instruments at our disposal: wean ourselves off fossil fuels and transition to wash energies, electrical home equipment and electric-powered transportation.

We all know what’s inflicting the destruction, deaths and struggling that we’re experiencing. Leaders who hold supporting the manufacturing and consumption of fossil fuels are liable for these tragedies and ought to be held accountable.

Martine Smets, Bellevue