11.02.2009 6:18 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wrighton is wrong.
The Earth’s future is not “threatened” by the accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The global mean temperature will likely continue to rise, just as it has done since the end of the Little Ice Age about 300 years…
10.08.2009 4:54 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mr. John Saxton’s letter of October 5th was dead on when he said man’s ever increasing population has an affect on global warming. It also affects the increased extinction of the earth’s fauna, pollution of water sources, deadening of the coral reefs, disappearance of crop producing…
10.02.2009 5:27 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Obama Administration keeps telling us that health insurance and environmental emissions are the key crises at the moment. I must respectfully disagree with them. I think unemployment is the key issue. With full employment, most of our nation’s ills…
09.16.2009 5:23 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Peter Raven’s editorial “Why we can’t wait” (9/13/09) states several ideas as undeniable facts, where they are actually just opinions.
Contrary to Mr. Raven’s assertion that “There is virtually no dissension among serious scientists that global warming is real”, in fact…
09.08.2009 5:55 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dan Dileo does not take everything into account when talking about a cleaner economy. The 36,000 (construction) jobs he thinks this will create is a drop in the bucket compared to the jobs it will displace to other countries. To…
08.18.2009 11:41 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This letter is in response to questions raised by David Duke’s “Details, details” (Aug.11) regarding the cap and trade bill. His numerous questions dealt with matters such as effect on jobs, cost to businesses and consumers, when will solar, wind,…
08.17.2009 5:12 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
An article in the Aug. 9 Post-Dispatch, “The Security Risks of Global Warming,” stated that climate change could lead to crises such as destabilization of governments or entire regions. These upheavals would necessitate ‘profound strategic challenges’ for our country, and…
08.13.2009 3:47 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Your recent editorial “Global Warming Threatens American Security” rolls along reasonably until it swerves violently into the ditch by suggesting cap and trade legislation as a viable solution. There are far better ways to improve our national, economic and energy…
07.23.2009 4:26 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I continue to try to figure out where the Post-Dispatch is coming from. Earlier you supported the Cap and Trade legislation based on your belief that man is contributing to global warming. As proof you rely on the UN report…