The one political issue Charles should keep speaking out on
For more than five decades as Prince of Wales, Charles, heir to the British throne, spoke about the perils of climate change and the need for concerted global action to protect the environment.
In one of his first speeches on the environment in 1970, he warned presciently about the growing problem of air pollution "pumped out by endless cars and airplanes". He once again showed himself to be ahead of the curve when he began calling for climate action in 1990.
But past is not necessarily prologue, especially now that the speaker of such bold statements is the new sovereign of the United Kingdom.… Seguir leyendo »