As of now, trees marked for destruction in the Mattole and along the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline are still standing. Every day they stand is a small victory for people and planet. Ultimately, we can not sit back and hope that our politicians will act correctly or quickly enough to tackle the climate chaos that we are already experiencing. We simply don’t have that luxury of time. Legislation regarding climate justice should be simple: if it’s a dirty energy project, the answer is ‘no.’ If it’s pointlessly destructive, particularly regarding fragile ecosystems and necessary barriers to climate chaos and deforestation, the answer is ‘no.’ If it puts lives at risk for the sake of corporate profit in a dying environment, the answer is always ‘no.’ It might sound like an extreme stance to take, but having experienced the heatwaves in both Europe and the US this summer, I can say that the only extremism we need to worry about is the extreme danger of doing too little, too late.
Eleanor Goldfield, 'Hit by heat: Extreme measures needed to tackle climate chaos before it’s too late', RT
