Dear Editor:

This summer is on track to be another record-breaking wildfire season, Canada experienced a 120-degree heat wave, the floods in Germany were shocking, the 20- year drought on the Western Slope continues despite some good rain in July, and the 1922 Colorado River Compact will likely be triggered next year, meaning severe mandatory water cutbacks.

We didn’t need the new International Panel on Climate Change report last week to tell us that climate instability is getting worse. It’s ...