Dear Editor:
RE: Canada not that bad? and ‘Ignoring energy facts’ (both April 25).
I’m writing in response to the letters from Henry Brunsveld and Peter Mandic calling out local climate change activist Ron Moore. He has personally taken concrete steps over the past few years to reduce his carbon footprint and has seen impressive results.
My son Adam’s life and that of his co-worker Zach were tragically cut short on May 4, 2018 after they heroically saved a young boy stranded on a school bus by a fallen tree in Milton. There was no safety protocol they could have followed to prevent their tragic deaths that day from the second tree that suddenly snapped and flew through the air landing on them and killing them.
The insurance industry certified that this windstorm that struck Southern Ontario and parts of Quebec with winds gusting to 126km/h was intensified by climate change. Insured damages topped $410 million, and it was the most costly catastrophe in Ontario since the Toronto floods in 2013.
While material buildings and possessions can ultimately be replaced, human life cannot, and one precious life lost is one too many. That’s why I am alarmed when I hear about people who continue to deny that the devastating forest fires, droughts, floods, heat domes, atmospheric rivers and hurricanes in Canada and around the world have a direct link to humanity’s burning of fossil fuels.
We need climate action now to ensure that all our children and grandchildren have a livable future.
Debbie Wickham,
Erin