Dear President Obama: When Will You Stop Talking About Climate Change And Actually Do Something?
Petermann Glacier Breakup NASAYou don't even need Congress to enact meaningful reform. Dear Mr. President, I was hoping to get a jump on this Earth Day letter during the weekend, but I fell behind because of water in my basement. Torrential rains the past few days soaked the ground so much, the water had nowhere else to go. Of course, April showers are not unusual where I live in the Midwest; the problem is that right now, I don't have enough trees and bushes to absorb them. And that's the unusual thing. Those plants died, weak and thirsty, during an epic drought last summer--the hottest year on record. Now their absence is taking a toll. I shouldn't complain, though: 1,000 miles to the west, my family in Colorado experienced a true drought (and climate change-related) disaster last summer, as wildfires consumed entire communities and choked the air for hundreds of miles. Last...