The letter by David Folland in the Public Forum on June 2 urging us to call and ask our representatives to take action on climate change was especially timely given the article “ Trump orders immediate steps to boost coal ” appearing the same day.

Mandating the purchase of more expensive coal-based energy from plants that were scheduled for retirement does not make sense. At a time when states like Massachusetts and Rhode Island are creating new jobs building offshore wind farms that will supply electricity to 600,000 homes and California is planning a major energy overhaul systematizing the installation of solar panels on new homes, we should not be trying to save a dying industry but should be looking to a future of clean renewable energy.