OPINION:
The wildfire haze across the U.S. is a reminder that we have no time to waste on climate change.
As I put on a mask for errands and cancel my plans to exercise outdoors, I still consider myself lucky.
I am not one of the millions of American living with asthma or heart disease. I am not one of the tens of thousands of Canadians who have lost their homes.
At the same time, I know that Americans like me are disproportionately responsible for the climate crisis. It’s time for the U.S. to move fast on energy transition, and to do that, we need to make clean-energy projects more efficient.
One solution is for Congress to pass permitting reforms that will speed up clean-energy projects while also allowing local communities to weigh in on projects that affect them.
Such reforms could protect frontline communities and also save years. And we don’t have years to waste.
EMILY KOESTER
Washington
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