This morning, I watched our two-week old grandson sleeping peacefully. I marveled at his perfection – 10 fingers, 10 toes, dark hair. Thriving on his mother’s milk, his body is yet untouched by chemicals we put in our food, or any number of other environmental factors such as smoke in the air. What will it take to maintain this “clean slate”?
I imagined his future trips to Montana for family vacations, and I dreamed of showing him Glacier National Park, with glaciers! I prayed that the family log home we built near Kila will survive potential forest fires long enough for him to remember visiting it. I tried not to get gloomy about the planet that we are leaving in the hands of this generation. Instead, I re-dedicated myself to doing what I can – which includes my volunteer work with Citizens’ Climate Lobby.
As our members of Congress return to work this fall, I am urging Reps. Downing and Zinke, and Sens. Daines and Sheehy to prioritize bipartisan solutions that advance clean energy and cut climate pollution. It is a public health issue, especially for children and other vulnerable populations.
Members of Congress: If you won’t do it for them, will you do it because it strengthens US leadership and competitiveness? Will you do it to prevent extreme weather disasters in our communities? Or to lower household energy costs while building a stronger, more reliable grid?
Pick your motivation and be bold. Do it for the children.
By Angie Winter: October 1, 2025 – Kila, Mt
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