To the editor:

You don’t have to be a flaming liberal to realize the need for all presidential candidates to provide a detailed plan for confronting climate change. Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s comment that climate change will “define our American future” is no exaggeration.

Conservatives concerned about such traditional GOP values as free-market capitalism, national defense, and our international standing should demand that President Trump present his plan for establishing the U.S. as the leader in sustainable energy technologies.

Biden’s strategy for addressing our changing climate and the economy that accompanies it is hardly the “hard-left crusade against American energy” that Trump labels it to be. Rather, it is a starting point from which Congress will shape policies that insure our country’s future success and safety.

President Trump, where is your plan?

Sarah Menoher Freifeld, Valencia

Note from KBJ: The free market will take care of whatever climate changes there are, Sarah.