Letters: Call to action for future generations

Call to action for future generations
Dear Editor,
Climate change – i.e. global warming – has become a “hot” topic in the news.  Now we have some hard evidence that this topic is not a partisan issue (Demos versus Republicans) but a human issue that affects all living beings on this earth. Is reducing carbon emissions bad for business and Wall Street as some attest? According to a report issued by the Risky Business Project  whose funders happen to be former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and a hedge fund manager named Thomas Steyer, climate change will likely exact “enormous costs to the U.S., economies in lost property, reduced industrial output and more deaths”.  A few of these costs are $100 billion in coastal properties lost, outdoor workers productivity will be reduced because of hot days, and electricity demand will cost customers $12 billion a year. These analyses and calculations were done by Rhodium Group, an economic research firm and Risk Management Solutions that work for insurance companies. Others on the group’s risk committee include former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, Cargill CEO Gregory Page and George Schultz former secretary of state. These people are not soft-hearted, soft-headed “liberals”. They are entrepreneurs who have “managed risk all their lives and have made an enormous amount of money doing so,” according to Gary Yohe, an economics professor at Wesleyan University.
On Saturday the 26th of this month a presentation by a former Republican mayor will take place at Sunnyslope School Auditorium on Memorial Drive in Hollister at noon. Mr. Tillman will tell his story of what happened to his small rural town when frackers were welcomed in. This is a free event and Mr. Tillman is dedicating his time, money and energy to educating us. There will be an open question period and discussion after the presentation. When one reads that 80% of cancers are directly related to environmental pollution (land, water and air) it is a call to action for all who care about the future generations.
Natasha Wist, Hollister
Reject SB 1696
Dear Editor,
Senate Bill 1696 called the Women’s Protection Act is coming up for a vote in the U. S. Senate soon. This bill also includes the ability to have an abortion almost up to the time of delivery of the baby.
The freedoms and rights that we as United States citizens enjoy have very little meaning if there is no right to life with which to begin. Respect for life should include the unborn, severely impaired and terminally ill.
Please urge your U.S. Senators to vote “No” on SB 1696.
Harriet Brin, Hollister