Our Planet

In yesterday's NYT there was a discussion in the Week in Review about the dangers of disregarding our earth.  I started sobbing, since clearly our political leaders are so concerned with taking care of big business and stripping the world of EPA regulations, so that even when Trump is long gone, the disasters of his dismantling will be with us. I have a hard time wrapping my brain around the idea that family people (our politicians have children, grandchildren) are NOT thinking about what adding carbon fuels and pollutants to our environment will do. The things is, the earth is like a precious child which needs to be nurtured; disregard our air, our oceans, or animals, what is evident is there will be no future to look forward to. But these people-mostly men-do not get it; they argue with science, with facts, and call this all a hoax. Ignorance is not bliss; indeed, it is a crime, and all it takes is a trip to Alaska or Iceland to see how dangerous and precarious our climate is. I cry that there is no vision for the future of our very precious planet. America has become so backwards that it feels like a very dangerous place to be.