Listening to science

Froma Harrop (9/21/20) is correct: Any country that doesn’t listen to science is in deep, deep trouble.

At the moment, what the federal government does is out of our hands until November.  But in Massachusetts, our state Legislature is currently debating our response to the terrifying events that Harrop describes. The Roadmap Bill, currently in conference committee, could emerge as a strong bill, moving us towards decreasing carbon emissions as science dictates, and in an equitable way.  Or it could come out as a puffball.

Let’s hope that Massachusetts, unlike our federal government, sides with science.

Susan Donaldson
Cambridge