Letters to the Editor (Editorial Policies)
Posted on February 15, 2007

Attention paid to global warming appropriate and necessary

Thank you for Patrick Callahan’s Feb. 9 article, “President must speak from the gut on global warming.’’ The polar ice caps are melting, causing polar bears to drown. Tropical storms are increasing in intensity to due global warming (global climate change). The future of our health, animals and the environment is at stake.

We cannot wait for the government to take action against global warming. We need to start making some changes now in our individual lives. Switching to a vegetarian or vegan diet is a major step we can take to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Meat production contributes to carbon dioxide from the burning of forests to make land for farm animals. Methane from the animals and nitrous oxide from the animals’ wastes are emitted. Switching to a vegetarian diet saves the equivalent of 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide. More information on is available at earthsave.org/globalwarming.

William McMullin, Western Michigan University alumnus, class of 2004