Every year, Earth Day comes and goes. T-shirts are worn, beaches get some cleanup, trees and bushes are planted -- and then another year goes by without the major change in environmental policy and legislation that we need.
And the next year finds us again ready with our shovels, our cleanup bags, and our T-shirts, yet that much closer to possible climate crisis.
The Sun-Times deserves credit for the periodic coverage of global warming and other environmental problems to date, especially in a difficult time for all publications, but clearly we all need to bring this issue front-burner, more frequently and more forcefully, to get the attention of our legislatures as well as support the cultural changes we need to make. The media have an important part to play in this regard, and it would be nice to see more coverage of climate issues on a regular basis.
Mike Konwiak, Lake View
Photo: keith hale~sun-times / Students from Bret Harte Elementary School celebrate Earth Day by planting Smart Home gardens at the Museum of Science and Industry ;
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