Re: “Ship on promise and shield Seattle bushes” [Jan. 11, Opinion]:
I couldn’t agree extra with the editorial. It’s time for the Emerald Metropolis within the Evergreen State to reside as much as its inexperienced popularity.
We simply skilled the most well liked yr in historical past. The World Well being Group cites local weather change as the only largest well being menace dealing with humanity, together with from warmth stress. The bushes we’re blessed to have and those that we have to plant are key to a livable future. Seattle has the fourth highest common city warmth island index per capita within the nation, in response to Local weather Central, and getting hotter with every new constructing mission that paves former inexperienced area.
With easy steps like tree inventories and panorama plans on the entrance finish of tasks, we are able to construct all of the housing we’d like and save present bushes.
We have to stop the unfold of city warmth islands earlier than it’s too late. Many because of the editorial board for reminding us of the significance of defending our metropolis’s diminishing tree cover. In a 2021 ballot by Change Analysis, greater than 80% of Seattleites favored stronger tree protections. It’s previous time for our metropolis leaders to get on board.
Woody Wheeler, Seattle
