Aarushi Verma: The stage is set for Romney to act on climate change
My future and the future of the planet depend on it.
(Screengrab via Grabien) Sen. Mitt Romney appears on "Meet the Press" on December 20, 2020.
By Aarushi Verma | Special to The Tribune
| April 16, 2021, 4:30 p.m.
Our growing clean energy economy — like much of the overall economy — has taken a hit due to economic disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic. This comes at a troublesome time, as the climate crisis is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe throughout the world, while our own state of Utah is entering the summer months ill-equipped to fight the wildfire season due to a persistent and severe drought unlike any we’ve seen.