Re: “Snow is finally piling up in Crested Butte, but itap nothing like the ‘Snowmageddon’ of 2017,” Jan. 15 news story.
Your article on the lack of snow in Crested Butte did a great job of comparing last year’s ski season to this year’s season and how locals are adapting. However, not acknowledging that these changes are a direct result of global warming turns a blind eye to what really needs to be done to address these changes.
The quote you included from Eric Baumm is accurate in the sense that humans cannot control Mother Nature. However, the warmer temperatures, shorter winters and less snow are a direct results of man-made global warming.
Without immediate action, the changes that every human being will have to deal with and adapt to will be catastrophic. We need to ensure the masses are educated on the situation we are headed towards and the action that must be taken to attempt to mitigate our fate.
Alexx Hoholik, Denver
A resident quoted in your article said that “itap not time to panic yet.” I disagree. Urgent action is needed to address the underlying cause of declining snowpack, warming winter temperatures, increasingly early snowmelt, and extreme weather events, including sporadic and massive snowfalls and rainstorms. The link to our changing climate is missing from the story. To advance reporting in the public interest, I hope The Denver Post takes up this issue and helps us to understand the role of global warming in all relevant articles. Credible information from the media is critical to aligning public understanding with the scientific consensus that climate change is human-caused and to creating the political will needed for legislators to pass effective climate legislation at all levels of government now.
Kathleen Wells, Denver
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