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State bill could impact
global textile waste
Re: “Fast fashion comes home to roost in Chinese landfills” (July 10).
When I saw the July 10 headline about textile waste in China’s landfills, my first reaction was guilt. I’ve made many purchases from fast fashion companies that contribute to this growing waste problem. It feels like every purchase I make worsens the climate crisis and I have little power to fix it.
I was able to find hope in a bill in the California Legislature that could reduce wasteful practices in the fashion industry, not only in California but across the globe.
The Responsible Textile Recovery Act (Senate Bill 707) would establish regulations that hold clothing companies responsible for creating a statewide textile recycling program to divert their garments from entering landfills.
This bill can change the entire fashion industry because it sets a precedent for similar legislation across the globe. As Californians, we have the opportunity to initiate a sustainable fashion movement by calling on our representatives to pass SB 707.
Radha Feist
Berkeley
Promoting vaccines
overseas protects U.S.
Re: “U.S. must honor vaccination promise” (Page A6, July 26).
Ricardo Narvaez’s recent letter about vaccines makes an excellent point about their value.
An abundance of air travel to anywhere in the world is making our planet seem smaller and smaller. To protect ourselves and our families from the many contagious diseases we must encourage our representatives to support GAVI, the international vaccine alliance.
Florida lost more than 404 per 100,000 people due to COVID in past years, while California lost 256. This was because of our state’s high vaccination rate. The more we protect the world, the more we protect ourselves.
Bill Nicholson
Martinez
Like Trump, Vance is
in race for himself
Re: “The unnerving changeability of JD Vance” (Page A7, July 30).
In her column, Michelle Goldberg suggests psychological factors that might explain JD Vance’s political transformation.
I think the appeal of choosing to be Donald Trump’s running mate is much simpler.
If Trump wins and JD Vance becomes vice president, by certifying only an election result he approves of, he alone will choose the president who follows Trump.
If he runs for election, he may certify his own victory.
Chris Brown
Oakland
Liars in both parties
make Haley best pick
On the right, we have Donald Trump’s big lie that he actually won the last election.
And now the left has its own big lie: that Joe Biden was perfectly healthy and able to function in his capacity as president. Kamala Harris, now the Democrats’ candidate for president, helped propagate that lie.
The fact that both major candidates for president are proven liars shows how the lust for power has corrupted our major political parties. The Democrats have gone so far as to dispense with any democratic process in the selection of Harris. Neither party is deserving of the presidency, and neither Trump nor Harris is qualified or fit to be president.
Our democracy is in trouble — from the Democrats as much as the Republicans. The solution is a new, moderate party. Absent that, the only viable presidential candidate to emerge is Nikki Haley. In November, write in Nikki for president.
Dick Patterson
El Cerrito
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Harris sets good
example for the youth
My 4-year-old grandson does not subscribe to the old adage, “Children should be seen and not heard.” Lately, he has been asserting, “Excuse me. I’m not done talking.”
I’m proud of him. I’m also proud of Kamala Harris, who embodies a heart and a soul, and who, I am confident, has the grit, experience and wisdom to create a forward trajectory for all inhabitants of our country.
Kamala’s talking and I’m listening.
Sharon Brown
Walnut Creek
Harris administration
would offer hard lesson
I can understand why many young, first-time voters, especially those right out of high school, will flock to Kamala Harris. It gives them the exciting opportunity to make history by electing our first woman president with the promise of a lot of free stuff and a comfortable life.
It will take them a few election cycles to learn that all politicians lie and that there is no such thing as a free lunch. They will also learn that most presidents do more harm than good, and some are so bad their policies and decisions get people killed.
Right now, our volunteer military enlistments are falling short of their goals and the world is a tinder box in part because of our country’s perceived weakness. How the bad guys act under a Harris presidency versus a Donald Trump one may result in a life-altering change of plans for those first-time voters of draft age.
Bill Behan
Brentwood
Local delegation must
support vaccine pledge
Re: “U.S. must honor vaccination promise” (Page A6, July 26).
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Thanks to Rick Narvaez who reminded me in his letter of a time when I trusted the United States to be the leader in many things including funding lifesaving vaccinations.
I thought polio and measles were done. But they, as well as new diseases, return in times of war, increasing poverty and climate stress.
I assume my California senators, as well as my representative, Rep. Barbara Lee, and the rest of the Bay Area representatives, will support keeping the U.S. promise to the GAVI Alliance and vote for H. Res. 1286 and S. Res 684. I just want to say that it is important and to remember to vote for it.
Susan Oehser
Oakland
