Is climate change real yet?
Wildfires burn across the American West while our community deals with the fallout of the Lightner Creek fire. Currently, wildfires are consuming more thousands of acres across Colorado, with fire danger still extremely high across the region.
Is this the new norm? Harsh weather and environmental disaster continue to increase in frequency and devastation. Meanwhile, science, and our understanding of how the environment is impacted by humans, continues to advance faster than negotiations on how to regulate and maintain a healthy planet.
We see climate change impacting our daily lives, which means we should not wait for talking heads sitting around a table in Washington, D.C., to create our solutions. Our individual impact may be small but we can each choose how we consume energy, commute, eat, purchase and live.
Making everyday choices to consume in a way that will create the smallest impact is all most ordinary citizens have direct control over. It will also give me peace of mind knowing I did what I could and didn’t wait for some bureaucrat to tell me the right way to live.
On a positive note, getting all rain in January means no more expensive snow tires!
Connor Cafferty
Durango
