How to respond to climate change poses a big question—for answers we need to support science

Science provides the information and evidence our governments require to make sound decisions about the environment.

We need science to identify the best ways to preserve life, to determine when and what we need to remediate or improve, and where to begin, writes Roseann O’Reilly Runte. Pexels photograph by Tim Gouw

Opinion

BY ROSEANN O’REILLY RUNTE

May 8, 2024

A source of life and beauty, our environment—the air we breathe, the water and food we consume, the forests, quiet lakes, and the breaking waves of the oceans—is under siege and we, ourselves, are the assailants. But we could also become its saviours.

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