Take steps to combat global warming

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that last month was the hottest June ever recorded, now July is expected to beat that.

We must respond appropriately. All attention should be focused on the causes of the heat: trapped emissions from burning coal, oil and gas. For the sake of future generations, these emissions must stop.

Transitioning to clean energy will require

Life will evolve to a changing earth. Bob Zimmerman

President Donald Trump’s attitude toward climate change is no doubt influenced by the fact that those most affected by it aren’t yet old enough to vote. Robert Rosen

We must educate more Americans that climate change is real and that doing nothing will be more expensive than caring for our planet.

Scott Hardy a moonshot approach, a Green New Deal. Fossil fuel interests will fight it. Republicans and Democrats will have to work together.

Congress should enact the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend bill, a market-driven solution that promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It would grow the economy, drive innovation and motivate other nations to adopt similar policies. It cannot wait.

Bob Taylor

Newport Beach, Calif.

People are rightly terrified about human-caused global warming. We’re about to make ourselves extinct. Unfortunately, because many people feel this is out of their control, they would rather succumb to false hope, refusing to believe science and face reality.

Kallie Szczepanski

While America isn’t perfect, we do far better with environmental issues than China, which released the highest level of carbon dioxide in 2014, per the Environmental Protection Agency’s most recent report.

Craig West