Re: Nov. 19 guest commentary.
Auden Schendler writes from New Zealand, where one of many glaciers melt away in the Earth’s warming. Elsewhere, satellites expose Arctic sea ice attaining new minima year after year. At high tide, an octopus swims in a parking garage in Miami Beach. The Pelican State seeks funds to restore homes destroyed in the rains of August. The Forest Service expends half its budget to counter wildfires now exploiting extended fire seasons.
Itap not over yet — climate may still cross the partisan divide. A price on carbon emissions, recommended by many and familiar to those in the halls of Congress, ranks as the most effective of proposed actions. A carbon price will enlist the free market on behalf of a warming planet.
Let us tend the Shire that was gifted us. Mordor is not inevitable.
Phil Nelson, Golden
Auden Schendler, vice president of Aspen Ski Corp., was critical of Donald Trump’s stand on climate change. Schendler stated that the day after the election, he and his family visited a melting glacier in New Zealand. The carbon footprint of his family’s trip to New Zealand is considerable. Earth’s climate might be better without ecotourists flying to New Zealand or movie stars flying to Aspen to ski. Yet these are the people who feel justified in telling the rest of us how to live.
Tom Sperr, Denver
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