Editor,
I’m writing in response to Donald Gluck’s letter to the editor titled “PIRG has leftist agenda, should not be allocated fees.”
Improving health, protecting our environment, high-quality education, safety, etc., are not left or right issues. People, regardless of where they sit on the political spectrum, care deeply about these issues.
For example: A recent Washington Post-ABC poll found that 54 percent of Republicans believe global warming is occurring and that 82 percent of Americans say it is a serious threat.
Full-time staff working for public interest is crucial, because special interests in coal and oil are spending millions of dollars lobbying and running advertisements to stop progress in the direction that citizens demand.
President Obama will be heading to the international climate negotiations in a week. As youth who will inherit the consequences of our failing to address the climate crisis, it is crucial we voice for the strongest international treaty possible. We must also support senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall to vote for clean energy and climate legislation that cuts global warming pollution to levels scientists say is needed (25 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050).
Aaron Myran
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