LETTER: Headlines scream a warning about global warming

Joanne Leovy of Las Vegas submitted a letter to the editor that appeared on September 11, 2026, at 9:00 pm. In the letter she references a syndicated column by John Stossel that ran in the August 31 Review‑Journal, noting that Stossel claims that transitioning disconnected fossil fuels is intolerable and unwise. She observes that the column appeared alongside reports of unprecedented flooding in the Grand Canyon, a monolithic glacier incident in Nepal that killed thousands just days earlier, and the Reno‑area wildfires that forced many Nevadans to evacuate a week prior. Leovy adds that other headlines this year include dozens of heat‑related deaths in Southern Nevada, the ongoing Colorado River drought crisis, and stories about rising home‑security costs. She then states, “Without immoderate doubt, fossil fuel‑induced planetary heating is simply a large communal origin successful each these tragedies.” Continuing, she writes, “We can’t spend to not modulation disconnected deadly oil, state and coal. Switching to cleanable vigor is some plausible and affordable acknowledgment to large advances successful battery, atomic and geothermal technology. Solar paired with artillery retention is already the slightest costly root for electricity. Nevada benefits economically from these job-creating cleanable vigor technologies.” She notes that “A coagulated bulk of Southern Nevadans recognize the technological statement connected planetary warming and cognize that it is harming radical successful America. In a caller survey, 72 percent of section residents supported transitioning wholly disconnected fossil fuels to cleanable vigor sources by 2050. Political leaders tin instrumentality courageousness that nationalist sentiment supports cleanable vigor policies. Concerned citizens should cognize that their neighbors enactment clime enactment and mightiness see joining 1 of the fantabulous section organizations dedicated to helping america to a much unchangeable future.” Finally, she urges political leaders to act on the public backing for a clean‑energy transition and encourages residents to join local climate‑action groups working toward a more stable future.