To: Trif Alatzas; Baltimore Sun, Trif Alatzas
Baltimore Sun: Don't Publish Climate Denial
Newspapers need to stop publishing letters that deny climate change, and be loud and vocal in doing so! Will you follow the lead of the L.A. Times? http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-climate-change-letters-20131008,0,871615.story. It is the role of the paper to stand up, be brave and report news- stories, not just stories, which move us to be a more informed society.
Why is this important?
Newspapers need to stop publishing letters that deny climate change. As an educator of Hurricane disaster relief, I have seen how false debate over climate change gets in the way of students as young as 6th grade taking steps to learn and make real change in their world. When we teach and learn Katrina, Sandy, and now Haiyan among others, we need to be able to focus on what will make a healthier, more resilient society:It's not about saving the Earth nor about simply re-building, but rather about building ourselves up and in new ways. This kind of change is cultural and the popular culture needs to lean toward being informed by what newspapers can only rightly report about how the world works.