Called out on climate crisis
Big thanks to Mary McNamara for writing about our lack of attention on the most pressing issue for all humans on the planet [“Quit Fiddlin’ While Earth Burns,” April 8]. I have been feeling like Debbie Downer because I don’t see much of a future if we continue doing nothing to stop our dependence on fossil fuels.
Two years into COVID, I’ve been thinking, “Nothing will ever go back to normal,” but on TV, corporate America tells me everything is fine and dandy. Maybe we should all binge “The Walking Dead” or another dystopian show and take notes. We might learn something for our future survival. Roberta Murawski
Los Angeles
Thank you to Mary McNamara for keeping our priorities straight. The most immediate way to avert this existential crisis is to elect members of Congress who support, at a minimum, the climate change portions of the “Build Back Better” bill stalled in the Senate. Victoria Shere
Marina Del Rey
The climate section of the L.A. Times is sure filled with a lot of handwringing these days. Mary McNamara chides us that the only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis. Nicholas Goldberg tells us the end of the world is coming, and is alarmed at our collective yawn. Meanwhile, scientists chained themselves to Chase Bank in downtown. They did something. They got arrested. And the L.A. Times didn’t even cover it. I had to read about it in Common Cause.
Perhaps Chase Bank is too big of an advertiser to offend? Pardon me if I don’t rush to the nearest protest. You probably won’t even cover it. Coleen Bondy
Simi Valley
Mary McNamara says it like it is: “We all need to vote — and agitate — as if our lives depended on it, because they do.”
Maggie Wineburgh-Freed Los Angeles
Mary McNamara’s article on the climate crisis was way back in the Calendar section of Friday’s L.A. Times. It should have been on the front page, with a screaming headline. Margo Kasdan
Seal Beach
I was so happy to read Mary McNamara’s article about climate change. Not that it’s a happy topic, but her message is spot on. And why was the article on the latest [U.N.] report not the headline on the front of the L.A. Times and every other newspaper last week? Come on L.A. Times, time’s a wastin’. Dana Strahl
Encinitas