To the Editor:
I am writing this after two events happened. First, I read Art Hall’s column claiming that global warming science is “unsettled” and implying that there is disagreement in the academic world of meteorology, oceanography, and related disciplines. Second, I have recently witnessed lethal, record-setting floods in Missouri and heard reports of the island nation Vanuatu imploring the world to take action so that it does not disappear beneath ocean water. There are a few academics, paid by the fossil fuel industry, who deny the vast agreement among climate scientists that the rate of change of global temperatures is the result of people burning billions of tons of coal and oil. The reality of the damage being caused by extreme weather events in this country and around the world cannot honestly be denied.
It also cannot morally be denied. I am shocked that Mr. Hall, who routinely presents religious passages, would acquiesce to the purely profit motives of the fossil fuel industry and forsake any responsibility to his fellow human beings who are suffering now and will suffer more from those policies. I would remind him that his own self-interest is in play. If immediate action is not taken by the carbon-emitting countries, then this part of New Jersey will be under water sooner rather than later.
Cape May – Governor Murphy says he doesn't know anything about the drones and doesn't know what they are doing but he does know that they are not dangerous. Does anyone feel better now?
