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Article: Letters to the editor -- the virginian-pilot.(Commentary)(Letter to the Editor)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 26, 2006
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Keep global warming issue on your front page
I applaud The Pilot's putting the report about melting glaciers on the front page (Feb. 17), where it belongs. The increasing instability of our weather patterns and ferociousness of storms associated with global warming is the biggest story of our times.
The U.S. is allowing our self-destruction to snowball. Neither political party is interested in dealing with global warming because it means asking Americans to reduce our consumerism and increase our moral responsibility.
If we do not act on global warming now, nothing that Congress does today matters. As scientists are letting us know, severe ...